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If you like Arsène Lupin (Maurice Leblanc) type of old style mystery. This could be interesting. Fantômas is more wicked than Arsène Lupin, created in the early 1910's, it was a successful serial in the weekly newspaper in France. It was adapted in the very early days of cinema (1913). Classic bad g...
Fantômas strikes again! The third book in the series is as nail-bitingly good as its predecessors. At certain points of the narrative, I had to cover with my hand the lower parts of the page so that I wouldn't skip ahead to see what happened. Compulsive reading!Focussing mainly on the investigations...
Here's the problem with this book: I never really got any idea why Fantomas was doing all this shit. I mean, he gets up into these elaborate disguises so he can kill one person or another, but why does he want that person dead? Not really explained. And he also makes some pretty stupid mistakes for ...
This early 20th C. detective novel is a real treat for fans of the genre. Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre have created a fascinating tale featuring the exploits of Fantomas, a notorious French criminal, and M. Juve, the inspector who is always on his tail.Fantomas is a master of disguise and thu...
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As early 20th century pulp fiction goes, it doesn't get much better than this. There's a real element of the gothic and the labyrinth here that lifts it above such delights as Arsène Lupin and similar sleuths.
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