The Radio Adventures Of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu (hardback)

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The notorious Dr. Fu Manchu was a mad scientist intent upon conquering the world but was continually foiled by the British policemen Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie in thirteen novels (1913-59) written by Sax Rohmer. The first of the Fu Manchu novels was </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> published in the U.S. as </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. A master poisoner and chemist he chose to dispose of his enemies using members of other secret societies pythons cobras poisonous fungi and black spiders. He found guns or explosives to be mundane. And like many blood and thunder devices of literary fiction he remained more elusive and mysterious seldom making an appearance. He almost always sends his minions to commit crimes for him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The fictional criminal mastermind was not only depicted in numerous motion-pictures but also on radio. Documenting an aspect of the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fu Manchu</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> franchise that has rarely been explored the multiple radio incarnations are documented both coast-to-coast network productions and the local regional ones dramatized in the 1930s. Other Sax Rohmer stories adapted for radio are documented along with dozens of photographs and vintage advertisements. On top of all this the 1944 </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Molle Mystery Theatre</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> radio script is reprinted in its entirety. (A recording of that broadcast is not known to exist in recorded form.) For fans of both old-time radio and the fictional Fu Manchu this is a must-have reference guide.</span></p><p><br></p>