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Psycho - Robert Bloch sex Bram Stoker's Dracula Roy ThomasA rattlesnake of a novel hiding beneath the skin of crime fiction, Psycho introduced one of horrors most unforgettable monsters long before the shower curtain ever screeched across a movie screen. Robert Bloch crafts the story around Norman Bates, the shy, awkward owner of a decaying roadside motel whose nervous charm masks something deeply fractured beneath the surface. The novel begins like a tense noir thriller involving stolen money and a woman on