The Return of Jack Orton single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 The Return of Jack Orton
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A man whose face is destroyed in a car accident comes to the attention of a famous and skilled plastic surgeon–not realising that the surgeon is slowly becoming obsessed with fear of Asian cultures.

Notes

  • The character's name in the story itself is 'Jack Horton', but the title is given as 'Jack Orton'.
  • Users are warned that this work contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that are considered inappropriate today.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The World's News 20 October 1937 9201444 1937 newspaper issue 1937 pg. 24-25, 43
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