The Wizard

One of a handful of books from this time I was lead to via reading Kenneth Grant (Mostly "The Ninth Arch" and "Against the Light" I'm pretty sure.) I really enjoy aspects of suspense/mystery/supernatural books from this period. Unfortunately, they all have various shades of racism to them..(The Wors......more

From a literary point of view, this is most certainly no master piece. It's a sensationalist "mystery", not very well executed, and full of the absolutely worst kinds of stereotypical and xenophobic character depictions (remember, this IS a book by Sax Rohmer). But as a source on the contemporary vi......more

There are lots of things wrong with this story, but there is a fun bit of mystery to be had in the end. It's set in London, roughly a century ago. The main characters are society types who are mixed up with drugs and a fierce cop who is trying to get to the bottom of the matter.......more

1910 novel of British upper class, opium dens and murder. (This author wrote all the Dr. Fu Manchu books.) Fun froth.......more

A better read than the Fu Manchu series in that this story was considerably more plausible. The beautiful people turn out to be not so beautiful after all. I would say that this could apply to today, but there isn't even an attempt to conceal anything now. cons: Most overused word: Savagely. And a g......more