Archie Goodwin, the narrator of the stories, frequently describes Wolfe as weighing 'a seventh of a ton'. That would have made it cumbersome and would seem to have centered attention on the characters rather than the stories.' : 49Īccording to the same memo, Wolfe's height is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and his weight is 272 lb (123 kg). I didn't age the characters because I didn't want to. 'Any reader who can't or won't do the same should skip them. 'Those stories have ignored time for thirty-nine years,' Stout told his authorized biographer, John McAleer. According to a memo prepared by Rex Stout in 1949, Nero Wolfe's age is 56, although this is not directly stated in the stories. Nero Wolfe addressing the suspects in ' Fourth of July Picnic' (1957)Īlthough the Nero Wolfe stories take place contemporaneously with their writing and depict a changing landscape and society, the principal characters in the corpus do not age. Coming to this country in nineteen-thirty, not penniless, I bought this house and entered into practice as a private detective. At the age of sixteen I decided to move around, and in fourteen years I became acquainted with most of Europe, a little of Africa, and much of Asia, in a variety of roles and activities.

I was born in Montenegro and spent my early boyhood there. I suggest beginning with autobiographical sketches from each of us, and here is mine.

6.3.4 A Nero Wolfe Mystery (A&E Network).

6.3.3 Nero Wolfe (Paramount Television).

6.3.1 Omnibus, 'The Fine Art of Murder' (ABC).

6.2.3 The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (NBC).

6.2.1 The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (ABC).

4.3 Books about Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe.

4.2 Other authors of Nero Wolfe stories.

The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated for Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was a nominee for Best Mystery Writer of the Century. The stories have been adapted for film, radio, television and the stage. Stout published 33 novels and 41 novellas and short stories featuring Wolfe from 1934 to 1975, with most of them set in New York City.

Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's sharp-witted, dapper young confidential assistant with an eye for attractive women, narrates the cases and does the legwork for the detective genius. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in New York City, and he is loath to leave his home for business or anything that would keep him from reading his books, tending his orchids, or eating the gourmet meals prepared by his chef, Fritz Brenner. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Carl Mueller illustrated ' The Red Bull' (1938)

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