[identity profile] seth ellis (from livejournal.com) 2015-11-12 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
James' ironic tone aside, the description of the book was quite believable for quite a long time. Sort of Sax Rohmer-y.

[identity profile] austin-dern.livejournal.com 2015-11-12 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, if I had not just an hour before read about Lester W Sharp's woofen-poof hoax, I'd have been taken ... well, up to the mention of King's twelve murders. Twelve was a touch too far. But as it was I was ready and skeptical a paragraph or two sooner.