"There was no reason why I shouldn't have been sent for the beer that day, for the last ends of the Fairmount National bank case had been gathered in the week before and there was nothing for me to do but errands, and Wolfe never hesitated about running me down to Murray Street for a can of shoe-polish if he happened to need one."
An edition of Fer-de-Lance
(1934)
Fer-de-Lance
Crime Line (cl)
by Rex Stout
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As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.
This is the very first Nero Wolfe novel that Rex Stout published. You can see the hallmarks of Wolfe's world already, Archie Goodwin, beer, food and clever villains.
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"First sentence of the introduction: "Series are seldom read in order."; first sentence of the Fer-de-Lance story: "There was no reason why I shouldn't have been sent for the beer that day, for the last ends of the Fairmount National bank case had been gathered in the week before and there was nothing for me to do but errands, and Wolfe never hesitated about running me down to Murray Street for a can of shoe-polish if he happened to need one.""
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1992 edition includes an introduction
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First sentence of both the book and the Nero Wolf story series. The introduction explains the choice well.
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| March 18, 2023 | Edited by lillalilla381 | Added ISBN 10 number from the book; added that it's a Crime Line (cl edition); changed publishing year to 1992 (from 2008); added that the introduction is by Loren D. Estleman; changed the l in Rex Stout Lirary to capital size; removed from by statement " ; introduction to The league of freightened men by Robert Goldsborough."; added first sentences. |
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