⇒ Libro Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Books

Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Books

Download As PDF : Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Books

Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Books

I've read all (I believe) of the Nero Wolfe stories. With rare exceptions, I would give all of them five stars. The stories were written over five decades, and I keep trying to decide which decade I most prefer. I cannot. The ones from the thirties, although somewhat dated, are still as enjoyable a the last few. BTW: Timothy Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in a series of fourteen shows based upon the novels set in the late forties, fifties, and possibly the sixties. I highly recommend them. I could quibble about some details, but they are all really quite good. This particular novella is set in the thirties, and does have some PC incorrect dialog. But it does show Wolfe at his best, when he has been driven to solve a case solely for his own convenience. BTW: this is only the fifth novella in the series, but it already shows the Wolfe-Goodwin relationship as fully matured. Do not delay - buy at once!


Tags : Amazon.com: Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe) (9780553763065): Rex Stout: Books,Rex Stout,Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe),Bantam,0553763067,Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators,Mystery & Detective - Traditional,Thrillers - Suspense,Mystery fiction,New York (N.Y.),Private investigators - New York (State) - New York,Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character),Archie Goodwin;Traditional detectives;mysteries and thrillers;international;detective novels;murder mystery books;mysteries;Nero Wolfe books Rex Stout;Rex Stout Nero Wolfe mysteries;mystery;nero wolfe;crime;crime fiction;detective fiction;rex stout;private investigator;thrillers;mystery books;mystery suspense;crime books;suspense books;suspense;thriller;mystery thriller;mystery and thrillers;mystery and suspense;crime novel;mystery fiction;thriller books;mystery novels;mystery thriller suspense,FICTION Mystery & Detective General,FICTION Mystery & Detective Private Investigators,FICTION Mystery & Detective Traditional,FICTION Thrillers Suspense,Fiction,Fiction - Mystery Detective,Fiction-Mystery & Detective,FictionLiterary,FictionMystery & Detective - Private Investigators,FictionMystery & Detective - Traditional,FictionThrillers - Suspense,GENERAL,General Adult,Literary,Mystery & Detective - General,Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators,Mystery & Detective - Traditional,Mystery fiction,MysterySuspense,New York (N.Y.),Private investigators - New York (State) - New York,Thrillers - Suspense,Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character),mystery; nero wolfe; crime; crime fiction; detective fiction; rex stout; private investigator; thrillers; mystery books; mystery suspense; crime books; suspense books; suspense; thriller; mystery thriller; mystery and thrillers; mystery and suspense; crime novel; mystery fiction; thriller books; mystery novels; mystery thriller suspense; mysteries and thrillers; international; detective novels; murder mystery books; mysteries; Nero Wolfe books Rex Stout; Rex Stout Nero Wolfe mysteries; Archie Goodwin; Traditional detectives,FICTION Mystery & Detective General,FICTION Mystery & Detective Private Investigators,FICTION Mystery & Detective Traditional,FICTION Thrillers Suspense,FictionLiterary,FictionMystery & Detective - Private Investigators,FictionMystery & Detective - Traditional,FictionThrillers - Suspense,Literary,Mystery & Detective - General,Fiction - Mystery Detective,Fiction,MysterySuspense

Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Books Reviews

Book in great shape, as described. Thank you.
I like his characters. Usually, in books, this is what draws or repels me to different writers. The people I meet in the book. The regulars.

Most of the Nero Wolfe series is super.

This particular story started off, or rather, grew to get a bit confusing to me at first. There seemed to be exactly what the title proclaims, too many cooks. And I wasn't particularly interested in the reason for all of them meeting that way.

Once I got the various people sorted out, though, it was an enjoyable read...but as I just said, I enjoy the main characters. This is really why I keep all of Rex Stout's Wolfe series, though one needs to be certain, it's not always shown, whether he actually did write some later titles, or they were written by someone else, posthumously to Stout. This one is by Stout, and I will say that some of the posthumous ones are pretty good, too.

The mystery here is up to his usual standards, and that's really what draws us, before we meet the characters.
This is one of the better Nero Wolfe stories, written in the 1930s. It takes place in an unusual setting--a spa in West Virginia. Wolfe actually leaves home and risks his life for a good meal, and to defend American cooking.
The kindle version has a few spelling errors and typos, but still well worth the price.
To those familiar with the Nero Wolfe canon (the house on West 35th Street in Manhattan, Fritz the chef, Saul Panzer and Fred Durkin as loyal assistants, even Inspector Cramer as the ever wary antagonist) "Too Many Cooks" offers a delightful segue. "Cooks" finds Wolfe and Archie off to the wilds of West VIrginia, where Wolfe has been selected as the guest of honor at a gathering of the world's top chefs. However, Wolfe never leaves his cocoon in New York for anything other than very personal reasons, and his real agenda is secondary to the honor. When murder interrupts the event, it is up to Archie to keep his boss comfortable, active in the investigation, and alive.

It should be noted that this book was published in the '30's, and some parts might be viewed as politically incorrect according to current sensibilities. Author Rex Stout has Wolfe address the issue of civil rights in a manner that works regardless of time, and the book is (almost) worth reading for Wolfe's speech alone.
Stout made his point. Little has changed in that part of the world since this book was published and Stout gave us a true sense of segregation that still exists to this day. Quite a good man this Rex Stout.
Sagacious, saucy, savory, smooth, sparkling and sweet. Nora Ephron called it “The Best Meal in English Literature”. One of my favorite parts was Nero Wolfe’s discussion of American cuisine and peanuts. Similar to Mark Twain’s “Huck Finn”, it does contain racial epithets in a realistic but unsympathetic way.
One of the earlier Rex Stouts. Nero Wolfe is magnificent, and it is probably the first time he leaves his residence to travel to Chef Congregation. (He would do it again in the next book the great Some Buried Caesar) More important is his obsession with the recipe of saucisse minuit, which forms the crux of the whole book. Surprisingly for it's time-published in 1938, is the treatment of the African American people-it would show up again in the much later A Right To Die. The mystery is truly a triumph for Nero Wolfe, the characters fleshy and believable. Archie's charming 'love affair' and Wolfe's craving for the recipe make is a top drawer mystery novel. Later, especially after the war, Stout books became slimmer and the situations less fancied; the earlier books, this is the fourth, are like aged wine; one sips and relishes the delicious period aroma and appreciates the delicate nuances of the language. And the recipes at the end, don't miss them.
I've read all (I believe) of the Nero Wolfe stories. With rare exceptions, I would give all of them five stars. The stories were written over five decades, and I keep trying to decide which decade I most prefer. I cannot. The ones from the thirties, although somewhat dated, are still as enjoyable a the last few. BTW Timothy Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in a series of fourteen shows based upon the novels set in the late forties, fifties, and possibly the sixties. I highly recommend them. I could quibble about some details, but they are all really quite good. This particular novella is set in the thirties, and does have some PC incorrect dialog. But it does show Wolfe at his best, when he has been driven to solve a case solely for his own convenience. BTW this is only the fifth novella in the series, but it already shows the Wolfe-Goodwin relationship as fully matured. Do not delay - buy at once!