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Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is most remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. “Bat Wing” (1921) is one of his better non-Fu Manchu mysterie
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There’s a lot more to Sax Rohmer than his Fu Manchu novels. Some years back, I bought a cache of Rohmer’s books published by A.L. Burt in the teens and twenties, some from the Fu Manchu series, but others with delightfully juicy titles such as The Golden Scorpion, The Green Eyes of Bast, and The Dream Detective, the latter featuring the wondrous Moris Klaw, a blind detective with extra-sensory powers.
From time to time I dip into this reservoir for a completely escapist read. These novels, despite being dated and notoriously full of racial stereotypes, honestly pop off the page. Rohmer knew how to spin a yarn, and Bat Wing is no exception. The tale involves a haughty Spanish colonel and a secret too dark, too deep, to divulge. Rohmer’s detective hero, Paul Harvey, is in the mold of Sherlock Holmes, and of course he has a trusted friend who doubles as the narrator much as Dr. Watson does. Together they unravel the sinister mystery, encountering voodoo rites, vampire bats, an Edgar Allen Poe-esque writer, and additional fantastic developments en route to the sensational ending.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5