A few months back I saw a paperback copy of Rex Stout's "The Golden Spiders" at a local pizza joint. I asked to take it home and it got me hooked on Stout's overweight genius Nero Wolfe and his wisecracking sidekick Archie Goodwin.
I love the writing style, and there are some wonderful desciptions and phrases in the first person narratives. The only drawback seem to a staunch Anti-Communist slant that dates some of the novels.
Stout, btw, didn't publish his first Wolfe novel until his late 40's.
So far I've read:
Death of a Dude
Before Midnight
If Death Ever Slept
And Be A Villain
Three Doors to Death
Pick up any of them - you won't be dissapointed.
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