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Initially appearing in a series of French crime fiction, Fantômas is an evil genius who gives no mercy, feels no loyalty, and displays utter ruthlessness. A sadistic sociopath who does not care who he murders, Fantômas is a master of disguise and an ingenious criminal. Created in 1911 by Allain and his collaborator Pierre Souvestre, "Fantômas" is the first volume of a popular series of novels. The only counter to this villain is Inspector Juve, a zealous detective bent on capturing this vaguely understood but clearly terrifying murderer. Representing not only a transition from Gothic villains to more modern serial killers in the history of crime fiction, "Fantômas" was translated into silent films in some of the earliest movies ever made, anticipating Hollywood's thirst for diabolical criminals. Though haunting in his capacity for evil, the creativity of his murders and the struggle of Inspector Juve to catch him provide a compelling and page-turning story for those who brave "Fantômas."
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"Fant?mas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
Ý"Fant?mas" is¨ like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don?t write?em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fantmas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["Fantmas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They dont writeem like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"FantAmas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["FantAmas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They donat writeaem like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
["Fant mas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don t write em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fant mas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["Fant?mas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don?t write?em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
["Fantomas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don't write'em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fantomas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")"
[Fantomas is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don't write'em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda) Fantomas is still scary (The Washington Post Book World)
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Ý"Fant?mas" is¨ like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don?t write?em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fantmas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["Fantmas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They dont writeem like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"FantAmas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["FantAmas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They donat writeaem like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
["Fant mas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don t write em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fant mas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")
["Fant?mas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don?t write?em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
["Fantomas" is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don't write'em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda)
"Fantomas" is still scary ("The Washington Post Book World")"
[Fantomas is] like going on a roller coaster: you know what to expect but you scream, with fear and pleasure, anyway. . . . They don't write'em like that anymore. (Michael Dirda) Fantomas is still scary (The Washington Post Book World)
After Fantomas was published in 1911 to wild popularity and success, Marcel Allain--the secretary and writing partner of the already well-known journalist and novelist Pierre Souvestre--went on to publish 20 equels to the original. After Souvestre's death in 1914, Allain wrote another eleven books in the Fantomas series and launched several other pulp fiction series on his own. Allain passed away in 1969, having written more than 400 novels throughout his career. After Fantomas was published in 1911 to wild popularity and success, Pierre Souvestre, an already well-known journalist and novelist, and Marcel Allain, his secretary and writing partner, went on to publish twenty sequels to the original. After Souvestre's death in 1914, Allain wrote another eleven books in the Fantomas series and launched several other pulp fiction series on his own. John Ashbery has published more than 20 books of poetry and has won almost every notable award for poetry in the United States. His collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. The Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College until 2008, Ashbery was poet laureate of New York State from 2001 to 2003 and chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1988 to 1999.
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- PublisherDigireads.Com
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1420937693
- ISBN 13 9781420937695
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages170
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