Tantor Unabridged Classics: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, with eBook (Audiobook)

from angharad_reads

Meh. Bad in the ways I was expecting (overwrought racism, prose, etc.), but I just couldn't find myself caring about the plot (which was awfully episodic). Plot was acceptably outlined. Got some reasonably ridiculous quotes from it. I'd like to see a version that's sympathetic to the title charac...

from angharad_reads

Meh. Bad in the ways I was expecting (overwrought racism, prose, etc.), but I just couldn't find myself caring about the plot (which was awfully episodic). Plot was acceptably outlined. Got some reasonably ridiculous quotes from it. I'd like to see a version that's sympathetic to the title charac...

from pamelad

To quote Barzun and Taylor: "The Doctor's adventures may entertain once, partly because of well-contrived suspense, partly because of one's enjoyment of one's own folly in believing what one is told, for example the presence on Wimbledon Common of a menagerie of lethal creatures kept by this sini...

from nwdavies

An enjoyable romp, although less a coherent storyline than a series of adventurous episodes. You need to leave your political correctness and non-racist sensibilities behind to read it comfortably, but if you can do that and accept that the political views and racist language were signs of the ti...

from JackMassa

Episodic and moderately entertaining yarn (or yarns) pitting Edwardian British Government agent Nayland Smith and his cohort, friend and narrator, Dr. Petrie, against the master criminal "yellow peril personified" Dr. Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu himself is the most interesting character, and his varied ...