The Devil Doctor, by Sax Rohmer
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The Devil Doctor, by Sax Rohmer
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When did you last hear from Nayland Smith?" asked my visitor. I paused, my hand on the siphon, reflecting for a moment. "Two months ago," I said: "he's a poor correspondent and rather soured, I fancy." "What—a woman or something?"
The Devil Doctor, by Sax Rohmer- Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Published on: 2015-06-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .29" w x 6.00" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
About the Author Sax Rohmer (1883 1959) was a prolific English mystery writer who was best known for his thriller novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Wildly racist, still interesting despite that. By TS "Imagine a person, tall, lean and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan, ... one giant intellect, with all the resources of science past and present ... Imagine that awful being, and you have a mental picture of Dr. Fu-Manchu, the yellow peril incarnate in one man."This is the second volume in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series, and the first full novel; it may also be found alternatively titled as "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu." (The first volume, if you wish to start at the beginning, is a collection of short stories, and can be found either titled "The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu" or "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu"). Most of this review will apply to Rohmer's Fu Manchu series generally - skip to the last paragraph for comments on this particular volume.These books are *wildly* racist, not just by modern standards, but even by standards contemporary to when it was written. The protagonist, "Nayland Smith," isn't just an Aryan, he has a name only one letter removed from Wayland Smith of Old Norse legend; every single villain in the entire series has a "racial cast", "mixed blood," etc.; Jewish characters aren't just money-grubbing villains, they literally shrug their shoulders "racially," whatever that means; so on, so forth. Later books in the series take this to an extreme; one entire book focuses on the protagonist's protection of a clear analogue of the contemporary Father Coughlin (an American radio preacher known for his antisemitism and defense of Hitler and Mussolini in the 30's),and this trend approaches the absurd when a later volume, published in 1939, finds Fu Manchu essentially trying to assassinate a Hitler analogue in order to prevent European war, while the protagonists attempt to stop him and save the dictator.That said, if you're a fan of early twentieth century pulp fiction, you probably need to read these books despite that. Dr. Fu Manchu is an iconic character, referenced and alluded to throughout 20th century fiction, and a host of villains from James Bond's Dr. No to Ming the Merciless on down all draw inspiration from this source. The general environment of adventurism, mystical artifacts, bizarre murders, etc., has been hugely influential in its own right -- the Indiana Jones franchise, especially, owes a great deal to the Fu Manchu novels (although Lucas and Spielberg had the good sense to make sure Nazis were the *villains*).The plots are standard pulp tropes, and the reader finds Fu Manchu committing murders via an assortment of (very definitely non-white) cats'-paws and bizarre eastern animals, meanwhile befuddling our protagonists in various ways with assorted exotic Eastern drugs. Usually there's a beautiful and mysterious Eastern woman beguiling and/or assisting our heroes in various ways, etc. Fu Manchu himself is always far more intelligent than the protagonists, and they only prevail through luck, the sometime assistance of the aforementioned Eastern beauty, the "inscrutability" of the Doctor's motives, or by playing on the Doctor's "strange oriental honor." Conversely, when the author manages to write the Doctor into a corner, he just gets out of it via unexplained mysterious powers (essentially "a wizard did it"). The overall effect of the Doctor's repeated demonstrations of intelligence, honor, capability, etc., combined with the protagonists' ineptitude and wild racism, is somewhat unique in my reading experience: over the course of the series the Doctor becomes more and more and more sympathetic and respectable, and the protagonists less and less so, to the point that I think a modern reader can legitimately view the Doctor as the "hero" in the later books (especially the aforesaid one involving the Hitler analogue). This particular volume isn't my favorite in the series; the events in it are fairly repetitive and predictable, without the wildly over-the-top silliness of the later books in the series; my favorite moment probably comes when the Doctor taunts the protagonists for yet again falling into the exact same trap they've fallen into twice before. Still, it's an interesting read, both as a cultural artifact of 1920's racism and as a building block of 20th century pulp fiction, and worth reading as part of the overall series.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. "The Devil Doctor" or "The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu" By Carl E. Ahlm "The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu," also titled "The Devil Doctor," is the second of the 14 novels featuring the clever battle of minds and wills between Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Fu-Manchu. There is, of course, our narrator, Dr. Petrie, and the mysterious woman returns as well: the beautiful Egyptian, Karamaneh, whose allegiance is often unclear. In fact, Smith and Petrie often are able to survive Fu Manchu's clever schemes or traps through some last minute twist, or by almost "divine" intervention by that beautiful temptress Karamaneh, for whom poor Petrie desires!"The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu," or "The Devil Doctor," is packed with fast-moving action and bizarre adventures which will keep the reader turning the pages. After a mysterious death, inspector Nayland Smith warns Petrie that Fu Manchu is about. Together they investigate and try to prevent a string of exotic murders and thwart Fu Manchu's plans. Fu-Manchu's plots involve lethal poisons, kidnappings, vicious animals, quicksand, a haunted house, rat torture, murderous minions, and torture device called the Gates of Joyful Wisdom. It's amazing how much action and adventure is packed into a novel.Perhaps a bit "trite" in spots and at times with a feel of the "pulp fiction" genre, nevertheless, the series is surprisingly well written. Sax Rohmer wrote the Fu Manchu stories between 1912 and the late 1950s. Rohmer's creation of the sinister, evil genius, Fu Manchu, rivals Doyle's Professor Moriarty as an icon of en evil, genius, mastermind. Rohmer's work also appears to bridge the mystery genre from Holmes to Christie's Poirot and Bigger's Charlie Chan books. Sax Rohmer is most famous for creating the infamous character of Fu Manchu who later became even more famous in the black and white movies of the 30's. Fu Manchu was portrayed in various films by Boris Karloff in the 1930's. The Fu Manchu novels are worth the time to discover the great, intellectual (and stereotypical) evil genius who is Fu Manchu. Some editions are currently being re-released in paperback and more are destined for the Kindle as well.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. hmmmmmmmm By Regine Tollefsen I read them all and this book fits right in. Sax Rohmer describes Victorian England. It has some views we no longer share about different ethnic groups. Once I realized it is part of the times I enjoyed the who-done-it approach with a taste of history. Some of the villains repeat in his books which makes it even better.
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