Dr Mabuse is one of the greatest diabolical criminal masterminds in fiction. In Germany he became a pop culture icon on the scale of Sherlock Holmes. Dr Mabuse was created by Norbert Jacques in his 1921 novel Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr Mabuse, the Gambler).

It's outrageously complicated and melodramatic and the ending goes right over the top, but it’s weirdly fascinating and compelling.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2020/11/norbert-jacques-dr-mabuse-gambler.html

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