- Fiction, Private investigators, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), American Detective and mystery stories
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Classical in form, cool, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Rex Stout
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 204
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Viking Adult, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780736637497
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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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