A review by kingfan30
Fantomas by Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre

4.0

Another case of a book I would probably not have picked up if it had not been on the 1001 list. It is quite unusual for the villain is the title of the book, and although Fantomas is hinted at and talked about for the first half of the book, you don't find out who he is or if he is real until the second half. He is in fact a clever man and always manages to stay on step ahead of the detective (Jurve), although I could see the end coming. My only negative comment (and its not really a bad one) would be that there is a huge amount of characters and with Fantomas and Jurve disguising themselves on a regular basis it took some concentration to keep a track of who was who. An enjoyable read although I'm not sure I will be heading out to get the rest of this very large series, however if one was to land in my lap, I would certainly give it a read.