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The League of Frightened Men | 
| Author: Rex Stout
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 193008
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0553762982
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553762983
ASIN: 0553762982
Publication Date: January 2, 1995
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Product Description
Paul Chapin's college cronies never forgave themselves for the prank that crippled their friend. Yet with Harvard days behind them, they thought they were forgiven -- until a class reunion ends in a fatal fall. This league of frightened men seeks Nero Wolfe's help. But are Wolfe's brilliance and Archie's tenacity enough to outwit a most cunning killer? "Always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery." (The New York Times)
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 All the Nero Wolfe books are gems ... October 9, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't understand someone who would think that any of the Nero Wolfe boosk were not good. Of course some are better than others, but frankly, his worst is better than the best of just about anyone (well, Raymond Chandler is an example of someone who you may prefer, but for gods sake, he's a legend).
The man deserved the Nobel Prize. Oliver Wendell Holmes considered him the best of all the detective writers. I agree.
 Enjoyable, but not the right reader July 3, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Nero Wolfe mysteries and this was very enjoyable. But in my opinion they chose the wrong reader. The narrator sounded very good being Nero Wolfe. But all the Nero Wolfe stories are written from the point of view of his legman, Archie Goodwin. The narrator did not at all sound like Archie.
I don't regret the purchase but I wish they would choose another narrator for further stories, one who sounds more like the cocky, streetwise Archie, who doesn't know what 'rancour' means.
Excellent entertainment October 20, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin! This book was definitely up to their standards!
Top Form October 7, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I really loved this book even before I read "Stout Fellow" by "O.E.McBride." Her insightful analysis of all of Rex Stout's work confirms what I already suspected: Rex Stout's earliest books were his best.
This one can be forgiven some narrative excesses (the pink tie and soup, for example) in fair exchange for some of Wolfe's best Wolfeisms. The one about membership in the Hardvard Club is in this book.
And finally, Paul Chapin is a much better "Moriarty" than Arnold Zeck. He's much deeper and more complex, in fact, than virtually any other of Stout's other characters, doubly subtle by the way in which his villainy is propounded.
Fetishism, kinky stuff - all here more so that in anything else of Wolfe's that comes to mind. And it is expertly read in audio.
Wolfe saves a murdered who didn't murder anyone July 19, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A bit longer than most of Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, but still well worth the read. This is also one of the earliest Nero Wolfe books so there are a few differences between it and later stories, which made it even more interesting.
A good read, a great story line, and great value for the money compared to the $9 or $10 for a 90 minute movie, not including the 20 bucks for popcorn and soft drink.
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