To read of a detective’s daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
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If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.
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Birth: | 1st December, 1886 |
Death: | 27th October, 1975 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Writer |
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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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