Book review - "The Mystery of Dr Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer (1913)

The first Fu Manchu novel feels like a collection of serial episodes rather than a cohesive whole... It's about a pair of Holmes/Watson rip offs, Neyland Smith and Dr Petrie, chasing after the white hating Dr Fu Manchu. The story is of course very racist - it's all about yellow domination of the world. It is very fast paced and exciting a lot of the time too - lots of escapes and traps and last-minute reveals and really spanks along. There's a Chinese girl who falls for Petrie and the wire jacket and opium dens. The constant escapes and near misses did get wearying after a while.