1939 edition by Penguin Books | |
| Author | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Detective Ben |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 1926 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Followed by | The House Opposite |
No. 17 is a 1926 thriller novel by the British writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, inspired by his successful play of the same title from the previous year. [1] Along with the play it provided inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1932 film Number Seventeen .
It is the first of a series of stories featuring the character of Ben, a former merchant sailor now down on his luck, who continually gets involved in adventures.