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Dope

by Sax Rohmer

A sensational 1919 crime novel of cocaine, opium, nightlife, an actress, and London’s shadowy drug world.

Published
1919
Setting
London
Shelf rating
3.7

The story, briefly

Spoiler-free

Rohmer turns the period fascination with narcotics into a pulpy mystery in which glamour, erotic danger, crime, and racialized fear share the same nightlife.

What's inside

An investigation enters London’s drug world through cocaine, opium, nightlife, theatrical glamour, and concealed crime.

Why we recommend it

  1. The early drug-world pulp version

    Rohmer makes cocaine, opium, nightlife, glamour, and forbidden danger the machinery of a sensational crime story.

What this book explores

Book editions

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Ebook
Simon & Schuster
2014
ISBN-13
9781609777869

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  1. 1Dope

    Novel
    Sax Rohmer, 1919
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    The primary text represented by this page, used for descriptions of the work’s contents and for any quoted passages shown here.

  2. 2Dope

    Official record
    Simon & Schuster
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  3. 3Dope

    Novel
    Project Gutenberg, 1919
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    Primary text included as part of the documented record for Dope.

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  1. 4Dope — 1919 edition record

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    Open Library, Internet Archive
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  2. 5Dope by Sax Rohmer — edition record

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