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Robert Bloch's psychological thriller Psycho is published by Simon And Shuster in the USA. The central character in the book is Norman Bates, the mother-dominated, psychologically troubled caretaker of an isolated motel who commits a series of murders. The character of Bates will also appear in the Alfred Hitchcock film version of Psycho (1960) will inspire British jazz-rock band Landscape to create their 1981 hit single Norman Bates which will peak at No40 in the UK.
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