Rex Stout (1886–1975)
Autor(a) de Fer-de-Lance
About the Author
Author Rex Stout was born on December 1, 1886. A child prodigy with a gift for mathematics, Stout drifted as he became an adult, holding odd jobs in many places---cook, cabinetmaker, bellhop, hotel manager, salesman, bookkeeper, and even a guide in a pueblo. But his true talent lay in storytelling; mostrar mais he sold his first story, about William Howard Taft, in 1912. His most famous creation is Nero Wolfe, a 286-pound detective genius who, with sidekick Archie Goodwin, can often solve a case without leaving his room. It is the way in which the puzzle is solved that intrigues Nero Wolfe, who is much like Sherlock Holmes in his ability to use deductive reasoning. More than 60 million copies (in 24 languages) of Stout's books have been sold. Stout writes quickly, drawing upon a lifetime of impressions. He neither uses an outline nor revises; he lets his characters take over as the story develops. The classy, erudite Nero Wolfe presents for readers an alternative to the hard-boiled branch of the genre. He died on October 27, 1975 (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Rex Stout
Three Trumps; A Nero Wolfe Omnibus: The Black Mountain/ If Death Ever Slept/ Before Midnight (1955) 104 cópias
Obras selectas, tomo 3. La segunda confesión ; Orquídeas negras ; Trío de asesinatos (1984) 11 cópias
Before Nero Wolfe (Annotated and Illustrated): Justice Ends at Home and The Last Drive (2018) 6 cópias
Forest Fire 6 cópias
Home to Roost 5 cópias
Poison à la Carte [novella] 5 cópias
Bullet for One 5 cópias
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Midnight Ride and Other Tales [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) (2010) 3 cópias
Kill Now—Pay Later (1961) 3 cópias
Jedermanns Bombe - Kennzeichen wilde Rose - Tödliche Zigarren: Drei Nero Wolfe Krimis zur Fernsehserie in einem… (1983) 3 cópias
Before I Die 3 cópias
By His Own Hand 3 cópias
Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin & company 3 cópias
Blood Will Tell 2 cópias
Rare Rex Stout UNDER THE ANDES 1984 Penzler Books, NY First Edition HC/DJ — Autor — 2 cópias
Rare - Rex Stout IF DEATH EVER SLEPT 1957 NF in VG DJ — Autor — 2 cópias
Assault on a Brownstone 2 cópias
a cena col delitto 2 cópias
Nello studio di Nero Wolfe 2 cópias
Σαμπάνια για τη Φέιθ Άσερ: Μυθιστόρημα 1 exemplar(es)
Οἰκογενειακές… 1 exemplar(es)
Los amores de Goodwin 1 exemplar(es)
Non ti fidare (Murder by the Book, 1951) 1 exemplar(es)
Second Confession 1ST Edition Thus 1 exemplar(es)
Kolm seiklust 1 exemplar(es)
Theo Drake 1 exemplar(es)
Liiga palju kokki 1 exemplar(es)
Nad matsid Caesari 1 exemplar(es)
Caso em Família 1 exemplar(es)
Nella serra del crimine. Altre avventure di Nero Wolfe. Con una guida pratica alla coltivazione delle orchidee di… (1968) 1 exemplar(es)
Třikrát vražda 1 exemplar(es)
REX STOUT OBRAS SELECTAS (TOMO 23 EN COLECCIÓN) 1 exemplar(es)
Primavera gialla '75: [15 racconti 1 exemplar(es)
Instead of Evidence [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Caça à mãe 1 exemplar(es)
LA SEGUNDA CONFESION. 1 exemplar(es)
NO ESTABA BASTANTE MUERTA. 1 exemplar(es)
Un roman a tué 1 exemplar(es)
Royal Flush by Rex Stout (1965-07-23) 1 exemplar(es)
Toque de campainha, Um 1 exemplar(es)
Ellery Queen's Mysterie Magazine 5 1 exemplar(es)
Rare Rex Stout THE MOTHER HUNT, A Nero Wolfe Novel, 1963 1st ed in DJ [Hardcover] Rex Stout 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe, 3 books hardcover with jacket, Three at Wolfe's door, Death of a Dude, Too Many Clients 1 exemplar(es)
Plagiat 1 exemplar(es)
Io, Nero Wolfe: cinque inchieste nella 35a strada (Nero Wolfe fa la spia; Nero Wolfe e il caso Fyfe; Nero Wolfe: Natale… 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe Archie Goodwin & Company (Nero Wolfe, discolpati; Non ti fidare; Champane per uno; Nero Wolfe non abbaia ma… 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin: Nove Volte Delitto (Orchidee nere; Trappola esplosiva; Nero Wolfe è in pericolo; Lunga… 1 exemplar(es)
Ullstein-Kriminalmagazin 1 1 exemplar(es)
A Cadeia de Crimes 1 exemplar(es)
Three at Wolf's Door 1 exemplar(es)
Tome 1: Les années 1930 - 1939 : Fer de lance - Les compagnons de la peur - La bande élastique - La… (1996) 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe Omnibus, The 1 exemplar(es)
Trilogia de Mistério 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Magazine — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Nella serra del crimine: altre avventure di Nero Wolfe 1 exemplar(es)
Dol Bonner: The Hand in the Glove 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe e l'invulnerabile 1 exemplar(es)
Red Threads by Stout, Rex 1 exemplar(es)
Tres testigos - Sobre mi cadaver - El toro campeon 1 exemplar(es)
In vacanza con l'assassino 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe på svag is Detektivroman 1 exemplar(es)
Stout Rex 1 exemplar(es)
For Tomorrow We Die 1 exemplar(es)
Livsfarlig ingång 1 exemplar(es)
An Agacella Or and a Tyrant Abdicates, as Published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1914) 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 5 (June 1946) 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 7 (December 1946) 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 8 (May 1947) 1 exemplar(es)
Ďaľší svedok ; Jed na Bankete 1 exemplar(es)
Privela žien ; V najlepších rodinách ; Smrť letného hosta 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Magazine No. 4 (March 1946) 1 exemplar(es)
Grim Fairy Tales 1 exemplar(es)
Ronda di Natale [Tough Cop's Gift] 1 exemplar(es)
Gun Puzzle 1 exemplar(es)
ROMANZI 1 exemplar(es)
Delitto in mi minore 1 exemplar(es)
O Careless Love 1 exemplar(es)
Golden Remedy 1 exemplar(es)
Novelas escogidas Tomo II 1 exemplar(es)
The poisened needle 1 exemplar(es)
Delitti in vacanza 1 exemplar(es)
Nero & Archie Incorporated - Giallo Mondadori n. 854 1 exemplar(es)
Eeny Meeny Murder Mo / Counterfeit for Murder 1 exemplar(es)
I quattro cantoni - Troppi clienti - Nero Wolfe la paga cara 1 exemplar(es)
The American Magazine, December 193? 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfe Collection 1 exemplar(es)
[No title] 1 exemplar(es)
The Complete Nero Wolfe: 33 Novels and 38 Novellas 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolf em Na Pista do Culpado 1 exemplar(es)
Der rote Wollfaden 1 exemplar(es)
4 x Nero Wolfe 1 exemplar(es)
In the Pulps (Annotated): 31 Short Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Mörder klopfen an die Tür 1 exemplar(es)
Rose Orchid 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Magazine No. 3 (February 1946) 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly No. 2 (August 1945) 1 exemplar(es)
I Romanzi brevi di Rex Stout 3 1 exemplar(es)
Too Many Cooks Recipe Box 1 exemplar(es)
Orquideas Negras; La Dama del velo 1 exemplar(es)
Nero Wolfes bomb 1 exemplar(es)
Sensationelle opskrifter 1 exemplar(es)
Blodet ingen kunne se. Drej mord. Ikke strisser - julemand! 1 exemplar(es)
Buon anno con Nero Wolfe 1 exemplar(es)
Tungviktare sökes 1 exemplar(es)
Собраине сочинений в тринадцати томах. Том второй 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Contribuinte — 348 cópias
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Contribuinte — 192 cópias
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Contribuinte — 158 cópias
Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1990) — Contribuinte — 70 cópias
Nero Wolfe: The Complete Classic Whodunit Series [videorecording] (2006) — Original book — 31 cópias
Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde | Death Comes as the End | Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) — Autor — 6 cópias
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Detective-verhalen — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Ellery Queen's Anthology #31: Giants of Mystery (Spring/Summer 1976) (1977) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
RDCBLP v081 Cordially Invited to Meet Death | Roommates: My Grandfather's Story | The Day We Almost Didn't Go (1995) 1 exemplar(es)
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Stout, Rex Todhunter
- Data de nascimento
- 1886-12-01
- Data de falecimento
- 1975-10-27
- Local de enterro
- Cremated
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Noblesville, Indiana, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Locais de residência
- Noblesville, Indiana, USA (Birth)
Wakarusa, Kansas, USA
Paris, France
Danbury, Connecticut, USA - Educação
- University of Kansas, Lawrence
- Ocupação
- bookkeeper
sight-seeing guide
bookstore salesman
stablehand
hotel manager
detective novelist - Relacionamentos
- Stout, Ruth (sister)
Wodehouse, P. G. (friend) - Organizações
- Authors Guild
Mystery Writers of America
United States Navy
American Civil Liberties Union
Vanguard Press - Premiações
- MWA Grand Master (1959)
Archie Goodwin Award (2005) - Pequena biografia
- After leaving the Navy in 1908, he became an itinerant bookkeeper and then worked as a sight-seeing guide, bookstore salesman, stablehand and hotel manager. Later he devised and implemented a school banking system which was installed in four hundred cities and towns throughout the country. In 1927 he retired from the world of finance and began writing. In 1941 he became chairman of the Writer's War Board, and in 1943 he was elected president of the Authors Guild. He was married to wife, Pola.
Membros
Discussions
Some Buried Caesar - Spoilers em The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group) (Março 2021)
Resenhas
I’m becoming quite fond of the Nero Wolfe novels. This one was perhaps not quite as satisfying as the first one: I was barely interested in any of the characters save our protagonists and the cab driver; most were too shallowly rendered and the ones who weren’t were not likable. But it was a compelling ride and a fine read.
Decent enough mystery story. Not stellar, just OK all round - enjoyable, just nothing that stands out among other books. The denouement doesn't have the force it should because there are too many named characters who don't really do anything but you need to be aware of - I honestly didn't really recognise the culprit and I got a couple of place names mixed up. I'm well aware this is more my own fault than the books, but I do feel it could have been pared down.
Also I feel it's important to note the way race is handled in this book is... dodgy. I can buy that the use of the n-word by several southern sheriffs is intended as character rather than endorsing the use of it, but the way Wolfe treats the black characters in the book is at best pretty patronising although it's clearly intended to be a "non-racist" contrast. In addition, "blacking up" is a plot point. It's not down-right awful, but it's definitely not very good.… (mais)
Also I feel it's important to note the way race is handled in this book is... dodgy. I can buy that the use of the n-word by several southern sheriffs is intended as character rather than endorsing the use of it, but the way Wolfe treats the black characters in the book is at best pretty patronising although it's clearly intended to be a "non-racist" contrast. In addition, "blacking up" is a plot point. It's not down-right awful, but it's definitely not very good.… (mais)
This isn't a novel but rather a pair of novellas. In the first story, Black Orchids, Archie is sent by the sedentary Wolfe to the Manhattan Flower Show to spy on an exhibition of extremely rare black orchids. Wolfe is miffed because the breeder refused to sell one to Wolfe. Along the way Archie falls in love with a pretty girl inhabiting one of the diorama-like scenes set up by a nursery, which leads him to be on the spot when a murder occurs. Wolfe manages to solve the murder and snag a black orchid plant all in one afternoon, which is pretty good.
The second novella, Cordially Invited to Meet Death finds Wolfe and Archie trying to solve the murder of a fancy party planner, who is deliberately dosed with tetanus. She had originally consulted Wolfe about some anonymous letters that were sent to some of her clients, so Wolfe is motivated to find her killer since he wasn't able to prevent her murder. The black orchids show up on the coffin at the funeral, which is framed by Archie as a mystery — why did Wolfe send one of his precious on someone he barely knew? That mystery isn't solved, but since I couldn't see the point of it other than to provide a tenuous thread between the two novellas, I'm not bothered by the dangling plot point.
This isn't one of my favorites, but it's fine. I probably wouldn't have re-read it without prompting but I'm not sorry to have done so.… (mais)
The second novella, Cordially Invited to Meet Death finds Wolfe and Archie trying to solve the murder of a fancy party planner, who is deliberately dosed with tetanus. She had originally consulted Wolfe about some anonymous letters that were sent to some of her clients, so Wolfe is motivated to find her killer since he wasn't able to prevent her murder. The black orchids show up on the coffin at the funeral, which is framed by Archie as a mystery — why did Wolfe send one of his precious on someone he barely knew? That mystery isn't solved, but since I couldn't see the point of it other than to provide a tenuous thread between the two novellas, I'm not bothered by the dangling plot point.
This isn't one of my favorites, but it's fine. I probably wouldn't have re-read it without prompting but I'm not sorry to have done so.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 326
- Also by
- 49
- Membros
- 44,502
- Popularidade
- #370
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 949
- ISBNs
- 1,365
- Idiomas
- 19
- Favorito
- 185
- Pedras de toque
- 1,098
The case shifts now to Dunbar's defense, as he has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Wolfe doesn't believe Dunbar would kill his future fiancee, but he discovers plenty of people in their lives who also disapprove of an interracial marriage - including Susan's own family. Only when a second person ends up dead does the answer finally become clear, and it's a race against time before a third person is in the killer's crosshairs.
This is about what you'd expect for Nero Wolfe Takes on Civil Rights. He infamously has no regard for women at all, so the question is but a theoretical one to him, but he has a rather unique point of view, as he is not a white American or of the class for whom this is such a thorny issue. He more or less stays out of the racial aspect, but it gets predictably ugly when the murderer shows their true colors.
I should like the idea of the final clue being a linguistic one, but honestly it felt like such a reach after 150 pages of tail-chasing that it falls a little flat for me. I'd consider this a pretty middle of the road offering for a series perhaps already past its prime. Worthy of reading, but maybe not one to specifically seek out.… (mais)