Word: rohmer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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PRESIDENT Fu MANCHU-Sax Rohmer -Crime Club ($2). The green-eyed, long-nailed Chinese, by pressing varicolored buttons, hypnotizing his pursuers, flooding the U. S. with alchemical gold, almost succeeds in foisting an Italian dictator upon a witless nation...
...Rohmer, creator of Dr. Fu Manchu, arrived aboard the Berengaria to find a suitable demagog for Dr. Fu to utilize in setting up a U. S. dictatorship. Answered cautious British Author Rohmer to newshawks' queries: "What demagog? Ah, that I don't know yet.. I'm going down to Washington to get to know your demagogs before I pick...
...SMILING CORPSE-Anonymous- Farrar & Rinehart ($2). The murder of a critic at a big literary tea gives Chesterton, Van Dine, Rohmer, Hammett and others a chance to show off. First-rate satirical farce even for those not up on the mannerisms of current bestsellers...
...stages of physical exhaustion. Blood tests are systematically taken, and the blood analyzed to find out the amount of lactic acid, presence of which is the chief cause of fatigue. Test-tubes, beakers, flasks, burners, and numerous scientific devices make this experimental room vaguely reminiscent of a Sax Rohmer novel or the mid-year nightmares of Chem A students...
Since the days of the Armistice the French have employed a consistently anti-German policy with all the suavity and relentless hatred of the best characters of Mr. Sax Rohmer's thrillers. In the Treaty of Versailles the forces of the Tri-color marched rough-shod over the prostrate enemy, saddling her with fascinating but utterly fantastic reparations, sinking her fleet and permanently crippling her army, and stripping her of her colonies. Not content with that, an army of occupation was placed in the Ruhr to force the payment of the national debt. As late as 1931 the old spirit...