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Fantômas
Author:Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre, Cranstoun Metcalfe, Robin Walz
Retail Price:$10.95
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Pages:320
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Dimensions:5 3/16 x 8 1/4
ISBN:0486449718
EAN:978-0-486-44971-5
  • Fantômas novels were a major inspiration for French avant garde artists
  • "A legendary crime novel." --The Village Voice
"Years after his first appearance, Fantômas is still scary."
--The Washington Post Book World

The chilling first volume in a series of wildly popular French suspense thrillers that caused a sensation in pre-WWI Europe. Telling the story of a dashing, elusive anti-hero who terrorized the Paris night, Fantômas is called the first Pulp fiction, and is credited with inspiring generations of artists, writers, and musicians.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Brentano's, New York, 1915.


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