Item #23420 A FAMILY AFFAIR. Rex Stout.

A FAMILY AFFAIR.

New York: The Viking Press, [1975]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. The final Wolfe novel, Stout passes away six months after publication. "This late Nero Wolfe is remarkably good. A waiter at Rusterman's Restaurant is given a slip of paper with a name and address on it. Shortly thereafter, the waiter is blown to bits in Wolfe's south room, which effectively engages the big man's interest. Two other murders follow. When the main clue is found, it bearing comes as a shock to Nero and a surprise to the reader. Good byplay between Archie Goodwin and Lily Rowan puts this on par with the very best early tales" - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 3069. Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A50a. Fading along board edges, patchy fading to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (23420). Item #23420

Price: $85.00

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