To read of a detective’s daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
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Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.
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Birth: | 1st December, 1886 |
Death: | 27th October, 1975 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Writer |
Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 to 1975.
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