The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street
364The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street
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Overview
- A 1947 pastiche by award-winning crime writer Thomas Narcejac
- Rollicking new stories written especially for this collection by Michael Bracken and Robert Lopresti
- Stories by bestselling authors including Lawrence Block and Loren D. Estleman
- Chapters from Robert Goldsborough’s authorized continuation of the Wolfe series; Marion Mainwaring’s 1955 tour de force Murder in Pastiche; and John Lescroart’s Rasputin’s Revenge, which reimagines a young Wolfe as the son of Sherlock Holmes
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781504059862 |
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Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
Publication date: | 04/14/2020 |
Pages: | 364 |
Sales rank: | 557,765 |
Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Lawrence Block (b. 1938) is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and an internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author. His awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK). Although he is best known for his four main mystery series, Block explored a variety of genres, including thrillers and erotica, and developed an early following as a pulp-fiction writer under a number of pseudonyms. Born in Buffalo, New York, Block has three daughters and currently lives with his wife in New York City.
Marvin Kaye (b. 1938) is the author of more than forty books. Born in Philadelphia, he attended college at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with advanced degrees in theater and English literature. After reporting for the national newspaper Grit for several years, he moved to New York City and found work in publishing. He published his first nonfiction book, The Histrionic Holmes, in 1971, and followed it with the mystery novel A Lively Game of Death (1972), which introduced sleuthing public relations agent Hilary Quayle, Kaye’s most famous character.
In addition to five Quayle novels, Kaye has written and edited dozens of works of fiction and nonfiction. He is also one of the founders of the Open Book, New York City’s oldest continuously operating reading theater. In 2010, the theater produced Kaye’s Mister Jack, a comedy about Don Juan. Before his retirement, Kaye taught creative writing at New York University, and regularly performed improvised comedy at the Jekyll & Hyde Club.
Loren D. Estleman (b. 1952) has written over sixty-five novels. His most enduring character, Amos Walker, made his first appearance in 1980’s Motor City Blue, and the hardboiled Detroit private eye has been featured in twenty books since. Estleman has also won praise for his adventure novels set in the Old West, receiving awards for many of his standalone westerns. In 1993 Estleman married Deborah Morgan, a fellow mystery author. He lives and works in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Table of Contents
Tribute in Triplicate: Introductions
At Wolfe's Door Otto Penzler 3
A Family Affair Rebecca Stout Bradbury 7
Plot It Yourselves Josh Pachter 10
Part I Pastiches
The Red Orchid (1947) Thomas Narcejac 19
Chapter 8 From Murder in Pastiche (1955) Marion Mainwaring 45
The Archie Hunters (1968) Jon L. Breen 57
The Frightened Man (1970) O. X. Rusett 77
Chapter 1 From Murder In E Minor (1986) Robert Goldsborough 89
The Purloined Platypus (2017) Marvin Kaye 101
Part II Parodies
The House on 35th Street (1966) Frank Littler 121
The Sidekick Case (1968) Patrick Butler 127
The Case of the Disposable Jalopy (1979) Mack Reynolds 131
As Dark as Christmas Gets (1997) Lawrence Block 161
Who's Afraid of Nero Wolfe? (2008) Loren D. Estleman 193
Julius Katz and the Case of Exploding Wine (2015) Dave Zeltserman 217
The Possibly Last Case of Tiberius Dingo (2020) Michael Bracken 259
Part III Potpourri
The Woman Who Read Rex Stout (1966) William Brittain 281
Sam Buried Caesar (1971) Josh Pachter 291
Chapter 24 From Rasputin's Revenge (1987) John Lescroart 309
A scene from Might as Well Be Dead (2017) Joseph Goodrich 315
The Damned Doorbell Rang (2020) Robert Lopresti 327
Acknowledgments 339
Copyright Information 341
About the Contributors 345
Interviews
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