I've liked all of them so far, but my favorite to date is the last I read,
"Over My Dead Body," which features good international intrigue and adds a
personal dimension for Wolfe. "Too Many Cooks" is noteworthy for its
anti-racism. "Some Buried Caesar" is interesting for taking place entirely
outside Wolfe's famous brownstone, which actually made me feel a little
homesick!
It is unquestionably a great series of books, and Archie's narrating voice
is a triumph of fictional style.
Best,
Patrick
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM, noblegasesuk <noblegasesuk@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>
> As I was reading the torture scene I was wondering how they handled it in
> the TV adaptation, too.
>
> My favorite book so far has been "Some Buried Caesar," which introduces
> Lilly Rowan, who is mentioned more than she actually appears (so far,
> anyway).
>
> -- Tony
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mark
> R. Harris" <brokerharris@...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm reading the Wolfe canon in order, too, as it happens, but I am
> farther
> > back; I've finished the first seven novels up through "Over My Dead
> Body,"
> > so I'm nine novels and seven novella collections behind you.
> >
> > The Wikipedia entry on "The Golden Spiders" mentions that the scene you
> > describe represents "a spate of violence that is very rare in the Wolfe
> > series." Peaceable soul though I am, I suppose I can handle it if Archie
> > goes all Mike Hammer once or twice in the corpus.
> >
> > I don't recall how this scene figured in the Timothy Hutton/Maury Chaykin
> > version of "The Golden Spiders," a two-hour adaptation that was the pilot
> > for the excellent A&E Wolfe series. All things considered, Hutton's and
> > Stout's Archie is kind of who I would like to be, and I certainly try to
> at
> > least dress the part. I'm more of a French cuffs enthusiast than Archie,
> but
> > we're both pocket square and fedora guys. (The emphasis on Archie's
> wardrobe
> > in the television series is true to the novels, where Archie often talks
> of
> > his and other men's clothing. Hutton's Archie is a bit more eye-popping
> with
> > his bright summer colors and spectator shoes.)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Patrick Murtha
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:50 PM, noblegasesuk <noblegasesuk@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm working my way through the Nero Wolfe canon and I've just finished
> "The
> > > Golden Spiders" and I'm pretty horrified that Archie resorts to torture
> of
> > > an informant.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to read the canon in chronological order but I have read a
> > > couple of books that follow "The Golden Spiders" and the Archie they
> > > presented wasn't nearly as hard-boiled as this one.
> > >
> > > The question: does Archie torture anyone else in the canon?
> > >
> > > -- Tony
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark R. Harris
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> > 7F Jungwoo B/D
> > 73-62 Yongho-dong
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> > Republic of Korea 641-748
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> > brokerharris@...
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
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