“Modern Monte Cristo"
JWIR. WILLIAM BLAKE’S novel, "The World Is Mine,” is one of the best novels of the year, and this is all the more gratifying because it is a first novel. It is described as “the story of ( a modern Monte Cristo," and cer-. tainlv Cristobal Pinzon has amaz-j ing adventures in xne world ot politics and romance. He is a! Spaniard, and when his father is ruined by three British financial sharks he determines on revenge, | and so well does he succeed that lie is soon a billionaire instead of a mere millionaire. Mr. Blake not Only records the fact but shows how it is done, and while the reader may be startled by the methods of the financial magnates and perhaps will even be disturbed, the recital of the procedure adopted carries conviction. Cristobel, however, then wants to use his huge capital to bring about the, downfall of capitalism, and he uses! his fortune lo help those in Spain j who are opposed to Fascism, even going lo the length of Joining the| army. He is under suspicion, how- j ever, on account of his vast wealth, and is sentenced to death. Mr. I Blake shows that no man can say "The World Is Mine,” and in a | brilliant and illuminating study , proves his paint.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 11
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