The president of the United States goes missing just as he is about to face an important vote in Congress on whether the USA should join in a world war that is in progress (this was written in 1934). The main suspects seem to be the Grey Shirts, a Nazi-style organization that threatens American stability, but there are plenty of other theories and seemingly no leads.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Rex Stout
- First published
- 1934
- Pages
- 238
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Pyramid Publications, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553226652
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Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975.
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