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1、TheInsidiousDr.Fu-ManchuRohmer,SaxPublished:1913Type(s):Novels,Crime/MysterySource:Gutenberg.org1AboutRohmer:ArthurHenrySarsfieldWard(15February1883-1June1959),betterknownasSaxRohmer,wasaprolificEnglishnovelist.Heismostre-memberedforhisseriesofnovelsfeaturingthe
2、mastercriminalDr.FuManchu.BorninBirminghamhehadanentirelyworkingclasseduca-tionandearlycareerbeforebeginningtowrite.Hisfirstpublishedworkwasin1903,theshortstoryTheMysteriousMummyforPearson'sWeekly.Hemadehisearlylivingwritingcomedysketchesformusichallperformersan
3、dshortstoriesandserialsformagazines.In1909hemar-riedRoseKnox.HepublishedhisfirstnovelPause!anonymouslyin1910andthefirstFuManchustory,TheMysteryofDr.FuManchu,wasseri-alizedover1912-13.ItwasanimmediatesuccesswithitsfastpacedstoryofSirDenisNaylandSmithandDr.Petrief
4、acingtheworldwideconspir-acyofthe'YellowPeril'.TheFuManchustories,togetherwiththosefea-turingGastonMaxorMorrisKlaw,madeRohmeroneofthemostsuc-cessfulandwell-paidwritersinofthe1920sand1930s.ButRohmerwasverypoorathandlinghiswealth.AfterWorldWarIItheRohmersmovedtoNe
5、wYork.Rohmerdiedin1959duetoanoutbreakofavianinfluenza("AsianFlu").[FromWikipedia]2Chapter1"Agentlemantoseeyou,Doctor."Fromacrossthecommonaclocksoundedthehalf-hour."Ten-thirty!"Isaid."Alatevisitor.Showhimup,ifyouplease."Ipushedmywritingasideandtiltedthelamp-shade
6、,asfootstepssoundedonthelanding.ThenextmomentIhadjumpedtomyfeet,foratall,leanman,withhissquare-cut,clean-shavenfacesun-bakedtothehueofcoffee,enteredandextendedbothhands,withacry:"GoodoldPetrie!Didn'texpectme,I'llswear!"ItwasNaylandSmith-whomIhadthoughttobeinBurm
7、a!"Smith,"Isaid,andgrippedhishandshard,"thisisadelightfulsurprise!Whatever-however-""Excuseme,Petrie!"hebrokein."Don'tputitdowntothesun!"Andheputoutthelamp,plungingtheroomintodarkness.Iwastoosurprisedtospeak."Nodoubtyouwillthinkmemad,"hecontinued,and,dimly,Icoul
8、dseehimatthewindow,peeringoutintotheroad,"butbeforeyouaremanyhoursolderyouwillknowthatIhavegoodreasontobecautious.Ah,nothingsuspicious!PerhapsIamfirstthistime."And,st
