Edgar Wallace. The Twister (1928) OK, so I read another one. The title character seems to be a villain, but the denouement (after a cleaner plot than usual for Wallace, involving business and diamonds as well as crooked chemistry and stupid crooks) reveals him as a true blue gentleman, despite his foreign origins. Wallace also avoids the more blatant racism and jingoism of his books (or else it’s been edited out to allay modern squeamishness), but his adolescent treatment of love and “honour” mars an otherwise enjoyable adventure fantasy. ** (2004)
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