The Crouching Beast (novel)
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| Author | Valentine Williams |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Clubfoot |
| Genre | Spy thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Publication date | 1928 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Clubfoot the Avenger |
| Followed by | The Gold Comfit Box |
The Crouching Beast is a 1928 spy thriller novel by the British author Valentine Williams.[1] It is part of his series of novels and short stories featuring the character of "Clubfoot", the alias of Doctor Adolph Grunt a brilliant but sinister German secret service mastermind.[2] It is set in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, during the First World War.
Film adaptation
In 1935 it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Andrews Engelmann.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.