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Seven Complete Nero Wolfe Novels (The Silent Speaker, Might As Well Be Dead / If Death Ever Slept / Three at Wolfe's Door / Gambit / Please Pass the Guilt/ A Family Affair)
by
Rex Stout
The Silent Speaker, Might As Well Be Dead / If Death Ever Slept / Three at Wolfe's Door ("Poison a la Carte", "Rodeo Murder", "Method Three for Murder") / Gambit / Please Pass the Guilt/ A Family Affair
Hardcover, 745 pages
Published
August 11th 1990
by Random House Value Publishing
(first published 1983)
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Rex Stout is always a comfortable read for me, and I've read the entire Nero Wolfe series. I like to take Nero Wolfe with me when I travel, so for me, the more stories the better!
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Again, childhood reading for me, re-read during an extended stay in Louisiana. (I forget which exact titles I re-read this time, but know in earlier days I read the whole series.) I enjoy these mysteries for the preposterousness of many of the characters; no post-modern irony here, but each could be in many ways a caricature of him- or her-self. I also read one of the "continuations" of the series: talk about caricatures and precious prose!
I think at this point in my life I like the idea of Nero...more
I think at this point in my life I like the idea of Nero...more
Rex Stout is a fantastic mystery. His characters are meticulously drawn and brilliantly conceived. Each mystery is fascinating--the reader is bound to learn a great deal about history, trivia, culture, and society all while enjoying the story. I love a book that teaches while it entertains.
The Silent Speaker, Might As Well Be Dead / If Death Ever Slept / Three at Wolfe's Door ("Poison a la Carte", "Rodeo Murder", "Method Three for Murder") / Gambit / Please Pass the Guilt/ A Family Affair
classic mystery lovers. gambit was my favorite. please pass the guilt was disappointing, mostly because the absurd placement of LSD.
I read these separately, but am amalgamating my reviews here.
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Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair).
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