Fu Manchu

[bc7683023]

Has anyone read the book? What's the basic plot?

[sandyRoe]

They were pot boilers in the 1930's. Fiendish Oriental plotting to take over the world. I did read one or two years ago. Sax Rohmer was the author

[lardhelmet]

Is a pot boiler anything like a bunny boiler?

[bc7683023]

Any good?

[sandyRoe]

Even earlier than the 30's. First published in 1912.

[bc7683023]

Don't sound like my kind of thing. Thanks for the info sandy.

[jno]

there were a dozen or more of them, with a wily Oriental as the ultimate villain - these days it would probably be a fiendish Islamist, but I expect it will be someone Chinese again within the next century. Pretty rubbishy as I recall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_manchu#Books

[wolf63]

When my lady cat yawns she looks like Fu Manchu - her whiskers are white against her black face.

She has just managed to get herself stuck in a paper bag - a small carrier type thing and is racing around the flat with her head stuck through the handles. It is a wonder the neighbours don't complain about the nocturnal noises in this house.

[jno]

she'll be getting herself an asbo soon, wolf

[LeMarchand]

A lot of them are (legally) free on Project Gutenberg, so it wouldn't cost anything to try one.