by Rex Stout, Peter Straub
These novels by Rex Stout, with Mr. Wolfe and Archie Goodwin at the brownstone on 35th Street in New York, are a real time capsule. They were all contemporary when they were written; but that was up to nearly 80 years ago, and Stout's eye for details is additionally amusing in retrospect. In the ...
I haven't read a Rex Stout book in quite a while - maybe that's why I was taken aback by all the casual racism and misogyny in this book. The misogyny I can get past, in that it appears as one character's personal quirk, rather than a general attitude, but the casual racism did make me uncomfortable...
A book where Wolfe actually travels willingly outside New York (as willingly as all that complaining would suggest). This dislocation brings a sense of discomfort to the book, and a level of urgency when it appears that his return home might be delayed. In addition the story involves characters wh...
These early ones take a lot of "getting into." I didn't like it much until at least half-way through, but certainly did end up liking it. I think it's time for a break, though, from Nero Wolfe.
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