Which 1934 novel by American author James Cain has been adapted in 7 films, 2 plays, and an opera in variously France, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Russia, and the USA?
A consciously didactic 1857 novel by British lawyer, judge, politician and author Thomas Hughes writes of whose school days?
What fictional Chinese-American detective, created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 for a novel published in 1925, was the subject of over 45 films made between 1926 and 1981?