Title: A great vintage thriller
Product review: This has to be one of the most attractive books made in years. It is packed with illustrations, features about the author, even a letter he wrote to a fan in the 1920s asking about M.Zenith. He is an albino who might be a disinherited Eastern European prince, who has devoted himself to a life of crime. Yet he is also a romantic who can't help coming to the aid of a damsel in distress. He smokes 'opium cigarettes' and hangs out in a complex Thieves' Den called Smith's Kitchen in the heart of London. The police of three continents seek him and he laughs in their faces! This is 1930s hokum at its finest and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys this kind of escapism and hasn't been able to find any more good examples. In an introduction, Michael Moorcock explains how M. Zenith was the inspiration for his own hero, Elric of Melnibone.
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