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Author:

Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.

Title:

The misadventures of Nero Wolfe : parodies and pastiches featuring the great detective of West 35th Street / edited by Josh Pachter.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

446 pages (large print) : , ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Private investigators -- Fiction. .
Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. .
Large type books.

Other Authors:

Penzler, Otto.
Bradbury, Rebecca Stout, ; writer of introduction.

Contents:

Tribute in Triplicate: Introductions. At Wolfe's Door / by Otto Penzler. -- A Family Affair / by Rebecca Stout Bradbury. -- Plot It Yourselves / by Josh Pachter. Part I: Pastiches. The Red Orchid (1947) / by Thomas Narcejac. -- Chapter 8 from Murder in Pastiche (1955) / by Marion Mainwaring. -- The Archie Hunters (1968) / by Jon L. Breen. -- The Frightened Man (1970) / by O. X. Rusett. -- Chapter 1 from Murder in E Minor (1986) / by Robert Goldsborough. -- The Purloined Platypus (2017) / by Marvin Kaye. Part II: Parodies. The House on 35th Street (1966) / by Frank Littler. -- The Sidekick Case (1968) / by Patrick Butler. -- The Case of the Disposable Jalopy (1979) / by Mack Reynolds. -- As Dark As Christmas Gets (1997) / by Lawrence Block. -- Who's Afraid of Nero Wolfe? (2008) / by Loren D. Estleman. -- Julius Katz and the Case of Exploding Wine (2015) / by Dave Zeltserman. -- The Possibly Last Case of Tiberius Dingo (2020) / by Michael Bracken. Part III: Potpourri. The Woman Who Read Rex Stout (1966) / by William Brittain. -- Sam Buried Caesar (1971) / by Josh Pachter. -- Chapter 24 from Rasputin's Revenge (1987) / by John Lescroart. -- A scene from Might As Well Be Dead (2017) / by Joseph Goodrich. -- The Damned Doorbell Rang (2020) / by Robert Lopresti.

Summary:

"Two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction's best-loved private detectives and his Man Friday. Included are a 1947 pastiche by award-winning crime writer Thomas Narcejac; rollicking new stories written especially for this collection by Michael Bracken and Robert Lopresti; stories by bestselling authors including Lawrence Block and Loren D. Estleman; chapters from Robert Goldsborough's authorized continuation of the Wolfe series, Marion Mainwaring's 1955 tour de force Murder in Pastiche, and John Lescroart's Rasputin's Revenge, which reimagines a young Wolfe as the son of Sherlock Holmes. Also featuring a reminiscence from Rex Stout's daughter, this is a treasury of witty and suspenseful crime writing for every fan of the portly private detective"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1643586750
9781643586755

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1179285383

LCCN:

2020934790

Locations:

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

CNPC792 -- Montezuma Public Library (Montezuma)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)