date of events back several years to 1931. Cultural References In the novel Lanark: A Life in Four Books by the Scottish author Alasdair Gray, the hero Lanark repeatedly reads No Orchids for Miss Blandish to his love interest Rima in an attempt to cure her of a disease called dragonhide. No Orchids for Miss Blandish is mentioned in Evelyn Waugh's novel Officers and Gentlemen and described as "unreadable". References Sources Bloom, Clive. Bestsellers: popular fiction since 1900. Palgrave MacMillan, 2002. Chibnall, Steve & Murphy, Robert. British crime cinema. Routledge, 1999. "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" in Yesterday's Bestsellers by Brian Stableford. Wildside Press, 1998, . 1939 British novels Novels by James Hadley Chase British crime novels British novels adapted into films Jarrold Publishing books British novels adapted into plays