The Last Drive: And Other Stories, by Rex Stout
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The Last Drive: And Other Stories, by Rex Stout
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Tales of murder and mayhem from one of the twentieth century’s greatest mystery authors When Colonel Phillips begins his final game of golf, his greatest problem in life is that he has begun to slice the ball. Playing with his lawyer and nephews, Phillips fights his way back into the game and is on the verge of victory when he keels over. He clutches his chest, mumbles a few words, and is dead in minutes. The doctor has no doubt: The colonel was poisoned. Finding the culprit falls to the president of the golf club, amateur detective Canby Rankin, who will do whatever it takes to find the killer on the links. Written nearly a century ago, “The Last Drive” is now available for the first time in book form. Clever, charming, and absolutely baffling, it is the tale that inspired the first Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, and along with the other stories in this volume represents the early efforts of a modern genius.
The Last Drive: And Other Stories, by Rex Stout- Amazon Sales Rank: #1043688 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.90" h x .60" w x 5.20" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 294 pages
Review “Nero Wolfe towers over his rivals. . . . He is an exceptional character creation.” —The New Yorker “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.” —The New York Times Book Review
About the Author Rex Stout (1886–1975) is one of the most beloved mystery novelists of all time, best known for creating the corpulent genius Nero Wolfe. Born in Indiana, Stout was a child arithmetic prodigy who spent his leisure time reading every book in his father’s twelve-hundred-thousand-volume library. After two years in the navy—which he passed playing whist on Theodore Roosevelt’s yacht—Stout began organizing children’s field trips to banks, where he was paid a commission for every student who opened a savings account. He made a fortune, and in the late 1920s retired to write serious fiction. After the Depression wiped out his savings, Stout began writing detective stories. Fer-de-Lance (1934) introduced Nero Wolfe, master of deduction, and his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin. Over the next four decades, Stout published dozens of stories and novels starring the quirky pair, earning him a place in the mystery novelist’s pantheon alongside Agatha Christie and Erle Stanley Gardner. He died in Connecticut in 1975.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Mediocre literature but interesting for Nero Wolfe fans, or students of early 20th century America By Aaron C. Brown In my opinion, the great strengths of Rex Stout as a writer are his characters--not just the immortal Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe but the many regular and one-off characters in the story--his erudition and his assurance. His unwillingness to bend his characters to fit the plot make most of the solutions pretty silly from a whodunit perspective, but they are dramatically and psychologically satisfying.These early short stories written for popular magazines of the 1910s display only flickers of character and erudition. There is not a lot of assurance either, and most stories are about twice as long as necessary. The plots, from a logical standpoint, are even less plausible than a typical Nero Wolfe, but are are also not very satisfying as literary devices. The best stories really have no plot at all. There are obvious tips to the magazines, stories in golf magazines lard in slang golf terms of the era like "foozle," "mashie" and "niblick," and the romance ones are filled with detailed points of contemporary etiquette. In style they are vaguely reminiscent of P. G. Wodehouse, but without anything like his wit and charm.There are notes focusing mainly on the cataloging of these works, with a lot of information of interest to book collectors and literary researchers, but nothing to help interpret the stories; either in matters of vocabulary or contemporary life, or in links to events or other works (with one obvious and well-known exception). That doesn't matter much, the stories are pretty simple and rely mostly on timeless characteristics. Nevertheless, it's clear this book is aimed at collectors and Nero Wolfe fans rather than general short story readers.Despite the derivative nature of the stories and their obvious commercial aspects, not to mention the lack of the signature virtues that would mark Stout's mature work, this book is pleasant to read. Even before he learned his craft and gained assurance, Stout was a better than fair writer, and there are enough eccentric dashes of energy to lift the work above comparable potboilers from the early 20th century. If you are a fan of the Nero Wolfe books, you will see many seeds that would sprout and thrive in the brownstone on West 35th street (and not in the orchid rooms). For everyone else, there may be some mild interest in reading pretty good magazine serials and short stories from the era.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Golfing By Bettylouise A series of short stories written by Rex Stout in the 1920s. There a several that were printed golf magazines and about golfing and others are romances. Some have a surprise ending. "The Last Dive" is mystery with an detective with touches of Archie and Nero together. There is comments on the stories..Disclosure: I received a free copy from Open Road Integrated Media through Netgalley for an honest review. I would like to thank them for this opportunity to read and review this book. The opinions are my own.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Mixed Bag By M. Dowden Rex Stout will always be best remembered for his Nero Wolfe stories, but he wrote more than just those. This collection of tales are taken from the years 1912-1918 and are thus before the Wolfe days.Although the first tale here is a mystery, involving a mysterious death on the links it has to be admitted that this book on the whole does contain quite a few romantic tales. We do have two stories centring around golf here, the first one and another, which has a supernatural undertone. One tale here is even about politics. So what you get with this collection is quite a mixed bag of different tales, which do show the potential that was seen later on when Stout started writing other things.This does make for an enjoyable read and there is more than enough here to keep you entertained, and with each tale is a short introduction, as well as a main introduction to this whole book. Rex Stout shows here that he could write so much more than just mysteries, and some of these tales have a certain lightness of touch and slight humour that reveal a man whilst honing his craft already capable of producing interesting characters and situations.If you are just a fan of the Nero Wolfe books then you may find this slightly disappointing, but for others this is good to show you how well Rex Stout was as a writer.I was kindly provided with a review copy of this by the publisher via NetGalley.
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