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Title: Not Nero Wolfe, but Pretty Good
Review: Rex Stout is, of course, seated at God's right hand even now for having written the sublime and always amusing Nero Wolfe mysteries. Rush right out and read EVERY ONE of them right now.I'll wait.Okay, done? I was right, wasn't I? The Nero Wolfe novels really are that good. Well, Stout wrote some other detective novels featuring Tecumseh Fox (3 novels, all okay) and Dol Bonner-- this novel, "The Hand in the Glove," is the only full-length Bonner, and it's very good. She also shows up in some of Nero Wolfe's adventures, doing work for the Great Man when Archie Goodwin is too busy or the wrong sex to do the job.The plot is fine and the writing is up to Stout's usual sterling standards, and Inspector Cramer, Wolfe's red-faced nemesis, even shows up late in the book. If you've read all the Nero Wolfes, read this-- you'll enjoy it.
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