Dope (novel)
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"Which of these three rooms you choose?" she asked, revealing her teeth in one of those rapid smiles which were mirthless as the eternal smile of Sin Sin Wa. "Oh," said Rita hurriedly, "I don't know. Which do you want, Mollie?" "I love this end one!" cried Mollie. "It has cushions which simply reek of oriental voluptuousness and cruelty. It reminds me of a delicious book I have been reading called Musk, Hashish, and Blood." "Hashish!" said Mrs. Sin, and laughed harshly. "One night you shall eat the hashish, and then--" She snapped her fingers, glancing from Rita to Pyne. "Oh, really? Is that a promise?" asked Mollie eagerly. "No, no!" answered Mrs. Sin. "It is a threat!" --Dope, a Story of Chinatown (1919) by Sax Rohmer |
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Dope, a Story of Chinatown (1919) is a story by Sax Rohmer, it was one of the earliest thrillers with a drug trafficing theme. It featured Chief Inspector Red Kerry.
The novel may have been prompted in part by the death of Billie Carleton, a London showgirl who performed in the Armistice Victory Celebration at Albert Hall and died in her hotel room later that night of an overdose--presumably opium obtained in Limehouse. The incident led to an official five year long investigation of Chinatown's drug traffic. The dustjacket of the novel proclaimed it to be "based upon actual conditions as they existed in London."
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