![]() ![]() ![]() Observer (Torquemada, 11 th September 1938): MIRTH IN FUNERAL Grand build-up, unusually interesting background, and jaunty dialogue effectively disguise fact that solution is just suspicion underdone. The Saturday Review (20 August 1938): Fatal skewering of famous chef at convocation of culinary maestros slickly solved by Nero Wolfe and faithful Archie. Much humour-Wolfe out of routine Wolfe manipulates murderers and chef (language and dialogue / argument as a weapon?)Įarly Archie-even more obnoxious (brash and cocky-smart aleck) than in 1940s books-WWII matures him? ![]() ![]() Good to see him condemn racism, and treat black waiters as fellow human beings. Wolfe comes across as a genuine intellectual as well as a clever detective. The clue of the uniform is a genuine “Of course!” moment. This is a strong detective story, with a good spread of suspicion, and a fairly clued least likely murderer. It’s set entirely outside the brownhouse, which means that Stout can’t rely on his usual tiresome formulae (interviews by committee, hostility to and from the police, and Wolfe sitting around doing nothing for several hundred pages). The famous one with the master chefs-Stout’s masterpiece, according to COC. ![]()
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