Psycho (novel)

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Psycho First edition coverAuthorRobert BlochCover artistTony PalladinoCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre(s)ThrillerPublisherSimon & SchusterPublication date1959Media typeprint (hardback & paperback)ISBNNAFollowed byPsycho II, Psycho HousePsycho (1959) is a suspense novel by Robert Bloch.Contents1 Plot summary 1.1 Mary (chapters 1-4) 1.2 Norman (chapter 5) 1.3 Arbogast (chapters 6-10) 1.4 Loomis and Lila (chapters 11-16) 1.5 Dr. Steiner (chapter 16) 1.6 Norman (chapter 17) 2 Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science 3 Film, television and theatrical adaptations 3.1 Film 3.2 Sequels 3.3 Musical 4 References // Plot summaryThe story is divided (below, but not in the actual book) into several sections, by the character whose point of view is mostly followed in that chapter. This is purely for simplicity's sake (as other characters' POVs are also found in the same chapters). It basically follows the main narrative of one character up until their death, when the spotlight moves to the next soon-to-be victim.Mary (chapters 1-4)The novel begins when one of the main characters, Mary Crane, embezzles $40,000 from her employer George Lowery and leaves town so she can marry her boyfriend, Sam Loomis. On the way to Loomis' house, she is forced to stop at the dilapidated Bates Motel, on the side of the highway. The owner is Norman Bates, a middle-aged alcoholic whose pastime is taxidermy. He is attracted to her, and offers to have her up to the house for dinner. Mary gives him a fake name when she signs the registry.Bates and Mary make small talk, and he mentions that his mother wasn't happy about him "seeing" Mary. He admits that she became "ill" after his father died and worsened after a man she had been seeing died as well. When Mary suggests that she be "put somewhere", however, Bates bursts out into semihysterics. "A boy's best friend is his mother," he insists.Afterwards, Mary readies herself for a shower (while Bates watches through a peephole) and decides to give the money back before she ends up like Bates. While she is in the shower, however, an old woman surprises her with a butcher knife, and "cut[s] off both her screama]nd her head."Norman (chapter 5)Shortly before Mary is killed, Mother rants at Bates for daring to bring a woman into her house, threatening to "kill the bitch." Norman gets drunk in an attempt to drown her out, and slips into unconsciousness. Bates enters Mary's room after he comes to his senses, and, finding her dead, cleans up after Mother. He pushes Mary's car along with her body (and the $40,000, of which he is ignorant) into a nearby swamp. He falls asleep and dreams that Mother is sinking in quicksand, only to turn into him as she screams for help. When he awakes, Mother has returned, and he decides to keep her crime a secret, realizing that she is all he has.Arbogast (chapters 6-10)The bank owner gets suspicious, as does Mary's sister, Lila, who goes to find Loomis. They are joined by an insurance detective, Arbogast, who's investigating the $40,000 claim.He goes out to look for Mary, and gets to the motel. He interviews Bates, who clumsily tries to hide that Mary had been there, and refuses to let him see Mother. Arbogast deduces that Mary had been in Room #6 from Bates' uneasiness when questioned about it, and calls Loomis to inform him of his suspicions, and that he is going to talk to Mrs. Bates. He enters the house, and is met by Mother at the door with a straight razor. After Bates cleans that up, he carries Mother into the fruit cellar despite her protests, telling her that it's "for her own good."Loomis and Lila (chapters 11-16)Loomis and Lila, en route to the motel, ask the local sheriff about Bates and his mysterious Mother. They find out that his mother, Norma, committed suicide with her lover, Joe Considine, some years ago, and that it was very hard for Norman to handle; he had to be put briefly in a mental institution, "to keep him from doing something unreasonable."They then go to the motel and sneak into Mary's room. In the bathroom, they discover Mary's earring, along with dried blood, near the shower. Bates is listening at the peephole, and hurries to get rid of them. While talking to Loomis, Lila has gone up to the house. Bates knocks out Sam, and rushes up to the house.Lila goes up to Mrs. Bates' room, which, in contrast to the shambolic state of the rest of the house, is in pristine order, as if it hasn't been altered in years. In Norman's room, she discovers several tomes on arcane subjects: P.D. Ouspensky's A New Model of the Universe and The...(and so on) To get More information , you can visit some products about masks for wall, hair tail fish, . The READY STOCK CHAIR, BENCH, LOUNGER, TABLE products should be show more here!