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    <body><![CDATA[Fer-de-Lance is the 1st Nero Wolfe mystery by Rex Stout, and the 2nd I have read. These are classic American detective stories from the 30s, 40s, 50s. Smart tough guys, smart writing... just fun to read. I usually recommend reading series in order, but you could probably pick up any of these. Two th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2249901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not a fan of mysteries or detective novels.   Garrison Keilor admires Rex Stout, so I thought I'd give one a try.    &quot;Fer-de-Lance&quot; is the  first in a series of about 50 novels and novellas, and I am now into my tenth book.  <br/><br/>These novels are not so plot-driven as your typi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49772510">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Um policial dos antigos.<br/>Escrito por Rex Stout em 1934, é uma história que lembra os casos de Sherlock Holmes ou os policiais de Agatha Christie.<br/>É muito bom e o autor prende-nos logo a partir da primeira página.<br/>Este é o primeiro de muitos casos resolvidos por Nero Wolfe, um per...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59306798">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The writing is witty. I find many phrases I want to remember and use myself. <br/>Sample, Wofle says to Goodwin, “Some day Archie, when I decide you are no longer worth tolerating,  you will have to marry a woman of very modest mental capacity to get an appropriate audience for your wretched sarca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41561614">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in the Nero Wolfe series, and I had never read it before. I was surprised to find that Wolfe and Archie had already been together for seven years and had pretty much established their relationship before this story begins. Amazing how tightly written these are, and how well they've aged. A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77671916">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is from the mold involving an eccentric genius private investigator, as described by his loyal, overawed sidekick.  However, the sidekick is likable and funny with many wisecracks, so it is forgivable.  This particular story fizzled for me, with the murderer being discovered rather early.  I ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72207793">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was my introduction to the mystery genre, which I really haven't read since I was a kid reading Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys.  This is the first book of the 70+ Nero Wolfe mysteries that Rex Stout wrote, but apparently Rex Stout combatted the necessity for reading his books in sequence by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25529564">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The 1st book in the series.  This was good and fast. It read like a book in an established series.  The characters are fully developed.  Stout plays honest. The murderer is revealed in the last 2/3 of the book.  The puzzle becomes how to catch him.  The story does become morally problematic as Wolfe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60721401">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You can tell this book wasn't written recently. The word choice and sentence structure tripped me up a bit when I first started reading, but I quickly adapted and fell into the story. The writing is smart, and the characters are very well developed. By the end of the book, I had a solid mental image...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39019810">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First book in the Nero Wolfe mystery series. Nero Wolfe is an eccentric gourmand whose love for food is rivaled only by his love for his orchid collection. Solving mysteries are his way of providing significant income for both. Archie Goodwin is his man Friday, with flair. Wolfe counsels him to use ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72846166">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only problem I have with this book is that it reads as though it's a sequel. Goodwin speaks of things as if I should know them when, of course, I don't. Were there stories that preceded this novel?<br/><br/>Other than that I enjoyed this, and almost all of Stout's work, very much. It's an easy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52670041">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am still on my quest to read all of the Perry Mason books, but picked up a Nero Wolfe for a change. I have read many of these in the past, but I am re-reading them. I really enjoy the characters of Wolfe and Goodwin, though the earlier novels show Wolfe as a bit more pontificating than later works...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56319927">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I certainly do not feel the need to run right out and read this whole series.  It was &quot;okay&quot; at best.  It was very hard to appreciate Nero Wolfe's &quot;genius&quot; at solving a case when he never leaves his home.  To some, this may be a sure sign of genius but it just really bugged...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56660487">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have somehow survived life thus far without having read anything by Rex Stout!  So I'm finally jumping in and listening to the audio book while driving to TX.<br/><br/>I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would.  Plot and characters were good but I think I'm just more of an Agatha Christie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61063193">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fer-de-Lance is not the strongest of the Stout Wolfe novels, probably because it is the first appearance of the rotund detective and his assistant, Archie Goodwin.  It lays the groundwork for all that will follow and that makes it great fun.  <br/><br/>The novels are a bit dated in that Archie use...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23085456">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ahhhhh.. this is another rereading assignment, perfect for the 100+ days of summer in Austin. I brought my Mom's not- quite- complete collection of Rex Stout back and am working my way through them all. The man was a genius if slightly repetative. ( Although if you read all of anybody one right afte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29894825">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first Nero Wolfe mystery, but if you're looking for an introduction, there isn't one.  Archie and Wolfe are already established and have a past together and it feels like the series has already been going on for some time.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good; Continuing character: Nero Wolfe (first in series); Wolfe and his associate Archie Goodwin work to figure out who killed a college professor by injecting him with a poisoned golf club<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm writing an article on Rex Stout for a mystery magazine and in preparation had to read this, his first Nero Wolfe book. It's 75 years old, but the characters stand up well. The mystery itself is a bit dull, but the snappy dialogue and oddball characters make up for it.]]></body>
    
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