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Arthur La Bern (1909–1990) was a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter, specialising in crime fiction. Four of his novels were adapted into films, including Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square which was made into Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Arthur La Bern was a journalist with an interest in crime stories. He wrote a number of novels, as well as a couple of non-fiction books about famous murderers. La Bern's novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Frenzy.
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Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square is a 1966 novel by Arthur La Bern, which was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Frenzy (1972). Plot. The novel and film tell the story of Bob Rusk, a serial killer in London who rapes and strangles women.
Arthur La Bern has 20 books on Goodreads with 477 ratings. Arthur La Bern’s most popular book is Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square.
Arthur La Bern. see also: 11 article references and Hitchcock Chronology entries. Biography. Born in London, to French parents, Arthur La Bern worked as a journalist for several British newspapers and was a Pacific war correspondent for the Evening Standard during the Second World War.
A powerful, atmospheric novel that captures the every day flavours of London's East End in the 1930's. Dreams meet reality as the rain keeps falling, family arguments rage, a young woman looks for love, gangsters lurk, a fugitive makes his mark and murder and suicide hang heavily in the air.
Arthur La Bern was born in 1909 in England, UK. He was a writer, known for Frenzy (1972), Freedom to Die (1961) and The Verdict (1964). He died in 1990 in London, England, UK.
