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The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library) Overviews
Hired to help society widow Rachel Bruner foil bothersome Feds, Nero Wolfe and his able assistant Archie get in over their heads with highly trained G-men who are adept at bugs, tails, and threats. Reissue. NYT.
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The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library) Specifications
Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books are all great fun, full of wonderful food and the arcane details of hobbies as diverse as orchid growing and Balkan history. But in this outing, things suddenly become much more serious when Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin face the malevolent forces of J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI minions. Luckily, Stout's heart and his writing style are more than equal to the challenge.
The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library) CustomerReview
...and it wasn't Wolfe who blinks first.
It is a new year in the brownstone and Archie Goodwin is hopeful that Nero Wolfe be inspired to start earning the yearly income needed to keep their unconventional and expensive household going. Little did he realize that their first client of the year just might tide them through the next twelve months in style. The woman who appeared requesting Wolfe's services had a most unusual assignment in mind, she wanted Wolfe to get the FBI to leave her alone. She had managed to annoy the FBI by sending out thousands of copies of a book critical of the Bureau to everyone she could think of, bringing what had been a rather obscure book to national attention.
At first Wolfe was reluctant to take on the task which he judged to be not just difficult but likely impossible. Upon reflection though he decided to make an attempt, to earn the promised retainer he had been offered if nothing else. He was surprised to find that the little jabs he had delivered to the FBI brought quite a response, one that thoroughly annoyed him and made him determined to see the Bureau cease all their harassment of both his client and him. So determined is Wolfe that he is forced to break some of his cardinal rules, including missing meals and even leaving the brownstone on business!
Those who are fans of this series will delight in this one because of the unusual steps Wolfe is driven to in order to achieve success. Those who are unfamiliar with Wolfe and his eccentric ways and househould, will be bewildered by much of the action in this one and so would probably be better served reading some of the other, more conventional entries into the series.
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