Over My Dead Body | 
Tonight I drank this excellent beer and finished my first novel-length Nero Wolfe mystery. It‘s from 1939, so expect some sexism & racial slurs, but the character dynamics are tops and the narrative voice is gold. I love how Archie Goodwin notices people‘s clothes, too. Suits are important.
Also of note: Rex Stout waged a personal campaign against Nazism during the war, and you can see the seeds of that here with how he handles the German agent.
xicanti Also also of note: the slurs come from the police detective, who cites them in Kitty Pryde fashion to prove he doesn‘t really care who you are as long as you‘re an American. Which is, like, a choice? (edited) 1mo
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