Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
"Champagne for One" Reviewed by Anthony Boucher, January 4, 1959
From "Criminals at Large," by Anthony Boucher, New York Times, January 4, 1959.
"Archie Goodwin happens to attend a dinner party for unwed mothers, at which an 'impossible' champagne-poisoning furnishes Nero Wolfe with 'a devil of a problem, with monstrous difficulties in an disagreeable context.' It's Wolfe's best book-length case in some years, combining an adroit puzzle with the most agreeably disrespectful treatment of maternity...."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
"Champagne for One" Display Advertisement November 30, 1958
Display advertisement from New York Times, November 30, 1958.
"At a party for unwed mothers, Archie meets a murderer and Nero discovers his identity. The new Nero Wolfe mystery novel."
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Mystery Guild Display Advertisement, October 5, 1958.
Display advertisement, New York Times, October 5, 1958.
"In Before I Die, you meet a man who died for a pork chop."
Monday, October 10, 2011
"And Four To Go" Reviewed by Anthony Boucher, July 13, 1958
From "Criminals at Large," by Anthony Boucher, New York Times, July 13, 1958.
"Oddly, each is a case in which Wolfe is not hired by a client, but trapped by circumstance; however, his astute professionalism (and Mr. Stout's) is as evident as ever in these highly satisfactory novelties."
Friday, October 7, 2011
"Reprint Department,"All Aces," April 22, 1958
From "Criminals at Large," by Anthony Boucher, New York Times, April 22, 1958.
"[I]n all, a quarter of a million of Archie Goodwin's choicest words, and grand value."
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"All Aces" Display Advertisement April 18, 1958
From display advertisement, New York Times, April 18, 1958.
Monday, October 3, 2011
"Wolfe In a Lady's Clothing," March 24, 1958
From "Random Notes in Washington," New York Times, March 24, 1958.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Rex Stout Testifies, March 20, 1958
From "Freedom of Arts Held Threatened," New York Times, March 20, 1958.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
"If Death Ever Slept" Reviewed by Anthony Boucher, November 3, 1957
From "Criminals at Large," by Anthony Boucher, New York Times, November 3, 1957.
"Fair warning: Don't waste time (as I did) poring over the seven pages of fine-print timetables that are supposed to contain the key to the solution. They don't."