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Not Quite Dead Enough and Booby Trap - Two Nero Wolfe Mysteries
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9781572703629
Format: Unabridged
ISBN: 1572703628
Label: BBC Audiobooks America
Manufacturer: BBC Audiobooks America
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: 2004-02
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Sales Rank: 165216
Studio: BBC Audiobooks America
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Book Description:
Here are two Rex Stout short stories for war buffs and Nero Wolfe fans alike. In "Not Quite Dead Enough," Archie Goodwin - Nero Wolfe's perennial legman - literally steals the limelight. Recently inducted into Army Intelligence, Archie goes to Wolfe's flat to see why he hasn't been answering his or the Army recruiter's calls. Wolfe could be dead, but Archie later finds out he's been "training" to join the Army. It takes the murder of a woman Archie goes dancing with to get Nero Wolfe to investigate crime again. The wartime theme continues in "Booby Trap" as Archie and Wolfe investigate the murder of Captain Albert Cross, killed only hours before he was to make a report about a prototype grenade theft to the group of intelligence people Wolfe works with. Listener favorite Michael Prichard, named by Smart Money magazine as one of the "Top Ten Golden Voices," precisely captures the characters' personalities and the story locations.
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Rating:  -
I bought this product in the CD version and received the BBC Audio edition rather than the one from Audio Partners. The first story, "Not Quite Dead Enough" was incomplete. The whole first chapter and beginning of the second were omitted. I opted for a refund from Amazon rather than a replacement since every copy of the BBC Audio edition is likely to be similarly defective.
Rating:  -
Just got this CD set, so now I have, let's see, 27 Nero Wolfe books on tape or CD.
There's no help for it.
Now, bear in mind that while Michael Pritchard read most of these, he did not read all of these, and that is not satisfactory. An actor from the A&E series read one or two of them and while I admite his chutzpah, he's no Pritchard.
I hope that, eventually, Pritchard records ALL of the Wolfe stories.
Michael Pritchard jumps into these two stories ... Read More
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A welcome distraction for Wolfe fans. While worthy of the Wolfe name, neither of these stories has the amount of plot and character depth as most of Stout's other novels. But that by no means, means that these stories aren't an interesting listen.
Prichard of course delivers the subtle differences of every character in his inimitable way.
Not Quite Dead Enough is the best of the two, and is in my opinion, one of Stout's best short stories.
Booby Trap shows a bit of a 'dark side' of Wolfe, ... Read More
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