Fer-de-lance &, the league of frightened men

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 (Author)
Other Authors:	Estleman, Loren D. (Writer of introduction), Goldsborough, Robert (Writer of introduction)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bantam Books, 2008.
Subjects:	Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery fiction.
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Item Description:	"Two mysteries in one volume"--Cover. "Nero Wolfe mysteries"--Cover.
Physical Description:	x, 285, 3, vii, 302 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
ISBN:	9780553385458 0553385453 9780739498323 0739498320
Author Notes:	Author Rex Stout was born on December 1, 1886. A child prodigy with a gift for mathematics, Stout drifted as he became an adult, holding odd jobs in many places---cook, cabinetmaker, bellhop, hotel manager, salesman, bookkeeper, and even a guide in a pueblo. But his true talent lay in storytelling; he sold his first story, about William Howard Taft, in 1912. His most famous creation is Nero Wolfe, a 286-pound detective genius who, with sidekick Archie Goodwin, can often solve a case without leaving his room. It is the way in which the puzzle is solved that intrigues Nero Wolfe, who is much like Sherlock Holmes in his ability to use deductive reasoning. More than 60 million copies (in 24 languages) of Stout's books have been sold. Stout writes quickly, drawing upon a lifetime of impressions. He neither uses an outline nor revises; he lets his characters take over as the story develops. The classy, erudite Nero Wolfe presents for readers an alternative to the hard-boiled branch of the genre. He died on October 27, 1975 (Bowker Author Biography)

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