As the critic Mark Valentine has written: 'Michael Arlen wrote of the fast set of Mayfair and Belgravia, those who were to be termed the Lost Generation. His characters are doomed young war heroes still hungering for excitement; newly emboldened and ...
The Strand, January 1940 THE GAY FALCON by Michael Arlen RKO used this story to launch a series of Falcon movies so they could avoid paying Leslie Charteris for continued use of The Saint character. George Sanders continued on in the title role, jus...
"It belongs to those short, perfect books that are rarely written in English." - "Evening Standard" " T]his extremely odd performance is indicative of great power." - Gerald Gould, "The Observer" " A] right intriguing comedy and mystery. As enterta...
PERIL PRESS presents: The Strand, Apr 1939 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Dec 1951 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE by Michael Arlen 6400 Words How many writers have the extraordinary talent, precocious or otherwise, to have their first book published while ...
Michael Arlen (1895 - 1956), was an Armenian essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter, who had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England. Although Arlen is most famous for his satirical romanc...
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