The Unholy City

<ul><li> "<i>The Unholy City</i> (1937; rev as coll 1968) is a surreally unfocused Urban Fantasy [one <i>Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> entry] set in the crypto-Asian city of Heilar-Wey;" "a resident of Abalone crashlands in Asia, and is guided through mysterious Heilar-Wey where surreal ways of living expose themselves." --SFE3, first, and <i>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i>, biographical entries by John Clute <li> "Story of a man sole survivor of a plane wreck, who robs the pockets of the victims, and joins forces with a wastrel who has been ousted from his city for debt." (exceptionally negative; contrast <i>The Circus of Dr. Lao</i>) --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, at this date surely by Virginia Kirkus </ul>

Revised as collected 1968 --SFE3 ("rev") (Wikipedia says "expanded" as of 2018-02-21)