The Green Eyes of Bast
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1920. Octavo, original green cloth, 312 pp. Cloth rubbed, hinge split but firm, otherwise a good copy. First American edition.
Arthur Henry 'Sarsfield' Ward, Sax Rohmer, was a prolific British music hall comedy sketch writer, poet, and fiction writer. Rohmer's interests for ancient Egypt, East Asia, the Middle East, and the occult led him into fiction writing.
Filled with stereotypes, overt racism, and sexism, Rohmer's novel is a product of its time and offers a window into the paranoia and fears of both its author for whom the newly-gained independence of former subject countries could only bring about a desire for revenge and retribution.
The Green Eyes of Bast is written as a retrospective from the point of view of freelance journalist Jack Addison who, by a combination of circumstances, begins to investigate the murder of Sir Marcus Coverly alongside his friend, Inspector Gatton. Item #4989
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