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Classical in form, cool, resolved and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Rex Stout
- First published
- 1960
- Pages
- 195
- Publisher
- Viking Press, Bantam Books, Viking Adult
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006132080
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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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