Death of a Dude
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Death of a Dude

Hardcover – August 20, 1969

Price
$5.99
Format
Hardcover
Pages
179
Publisher
Viking Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0670261406
Dimensions
20 x 20 x 20 inches
Weight
1 pounds

Description

From the Publisher The mountain couldn't come to Wolfe, so the great detective came to the mountain--to Lame Horse, Montana, to be exact. Here a city slicker got a country girl pregnant and then took a bullet in the back. Wolfe's job was to get an innocent man exonerated of the crime and catch a killer in the process. But when he packed his silk pajamas and headed west, he found himself embroiled in a case rife with local cynicism, slipshod police work, and unpleasant political ramifications. In fact, Nero Wolfe was buffaloed until the real killer struck again, underestimating the dandified dude with an unerring instinct for detection. --This text refers to an alternate hardcover edition. Rex Stout (1886–1975) wrote dozens of short stories, novellas, and full-length mystery novels, most featuring his two indelible characters, the peerless detective Nero Wolfe and his handy sidekick, Archie Goodwin. --This text refers to an alternate hardcover edition.

Features & Highlights

  • Sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, leave West Thirty-fifth Street for a Montana dude ranch to clear an innocent man of a murder charge.

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Another great Nero Wolfe mystery

Rex Stout's characters appear to be timeless. They don't change through all of the mystery novels Mr. Stout has written, except to references to more recent historical events, like anti-war activity in the 1960's, or the prevalence of television in our lives starting in the 1950's. And the writing style and humor is so consistent through time that you would think that all of Mr Stout's novels were written in the same year. The condition of the book was as advertized.
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Five Stars

Good book. Exactly as described.