An Essay by Marcia Kiser (2003) All genre fiction provides a glimpse of life for the period in which the works are written. Science fiction shows the reader what the future may hold. Romance can, and does, give the reader insight into social customs and dress for the period covered, usually for a specific group, … Continue reading Nero Wolfe: A Social Commentary on the US
Tag: Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin
Rex Stout
(1886-1975) "Compose yourself, Archie. Why taunt me? Why upbraid me? I am merely a genius, not a god." — Nero Wolfe humbly confesses, in Fer-de-Lance. At first glance, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe might seem out of place among the hard-bitten, world-weary, pavement-pounding P.I.s to which this site is usually devoted. Massively overweight, a cranky, agoraphobic and … Continue reading Rex Stout
Harry Garnish & Sister Bridget O’Toole
Created by Frank McConnell (1942-99) A sort of at times cozyish spin on A.A. Fair's Donald Lam and Bertha Cool. Or is it Nero Wolfe and Archie? Hard-drinking, chain-smoking, slow-thinking Skokie, Illinois private eye HARRY GARNISH has a big problem in life. And it isn't his alcohol intake, his tobacco habit or his lack of … Continue reading Harry Garnish & Sister Bridget O’Toole