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The Mr. Moto Books
18 July 2008 07:12 pmActing on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jordannamorgan's recommendation of the Mr. Moto films and Wikipedia's description of the Mr. Moto books by John P. Marquand, a couple weeks ago I found myself the proud possessor of four out of six novels. Unsurprisingly, given my track record, I zoomed through all four in less than a week.
Wikipedia supplies a lot of analysis in a lengthy and slightly disorganized article, which I have not completely read because Wikipedia users are not careful of spoilers. However, it seems pretty clear that, while both are excellent, the Mr. Moto of the movies is a very different creature from the Mr. Moto of the books. The former is "a benevolent InterPol agent" and "hero-at-large," while the latter is "a dedicated and cold-blooded spy for Imperial Japan." They take place in the 1930s, when Japan was making steady expanionist progress.
jordannamorgan's recommendation of the Mr. Moto films and Wikipedia's description of the Mr. Moto books by John P. Marquand, a couple weeks ago I found myself the proud possessor of four out of six novels. Unsurprisingly, given my track record, I zoomed through all four in less than a week.Wikipedia supplies a lot of analysis in a lengthy and slightly disorganized article, which I have not completely read because Wikipedia users are not careful of spoilers. However, it seems pretty clear that, while both are excellent, the Mr. Moto of the movies is a very different creature from the Mr. Moto of the books. The former is "a benevolent InterPol agent" and "hero-at-large," while the latter is "a dedicated and cold-blooded spy for Imperial Japan." They take place in the 1930s, when Japan was making steady expanionist progress.
