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The Black Mountain [Audio Cassette]

Rex Stout (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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"It is always a treat to [hear] a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Los Angeles actor Michael Prichard provides a lively rendition of a Nero Wolfe mystery revolving around an eccentric genius who searches for the killer of his best friend. International espionage and high drama set in post-World War II mark an audio which proves suspenseful to the end." -- The Bookwatch, December 1997

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Deemed one of Stout's "All Time Best," this mystery is unique in the series in that for the first time, Nero Wolfe, who rarely even leaves his house, breaks all precedent by leaving the country to discover the murderer of his best friend. Post World War II politics are woven into the plot as Wolfe and his assistant Archie experience grueling adventures in the mountainous region of Yugoslavia. 6 cassettes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars They're actually UNabridged, if they're the ones I recorded., May 2 1999
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Michael Prichard (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Mountain (Audio Cassette)
I'm the narrator of all the Nero Wolfe books from Audio Partners which you're listing on your website. I've just noticed that you list my recordings of THE BLACK MOUNTAIN, FER-DE-LANCE, THE GOLDEN SPIDERS, and WHERE THERE'S A WILL as abridged. Please note that these recordings are all actually UNabridged. It may make a difference with potential purchasers. Thanks.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not a typical murder mystery, Jan 5 2012
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Caroline Baird "reading geek" (Mississauga, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Mountain (Mass Market Paperback)
Although on of the least enjoyable Rex Stout books I've read as it wasn't a murder mystery, it was interesting. It took more of a political view point and offered his opinion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nero Wolfe Leaves New York!, Sep 12 2011
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Alison S. Coad (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Mountain (Mass Market Paperback)
In "The Black Mountain," perhaps the oddest Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout, Wolfe's oldest friend, restauranteur Marko Vukcic is shot dead on the streets of New York City, and Wolfe sets out to discover the murderer. This search takes him not only out of his comfortable brownstone on East 35th Street, but also out of North America and back to his childhood home in Montenegro, at the time of the novel a part of Yugoslavia. There, he and Archie must sort through the numerous political factions and rebel forces in order to identify the culprit and bring him to justice.... This is, as noted, perhaps the most non-canon book in the Nero Wolfe series; who would have imagined that corpulent Nero Wolfe would be capable of scrambling over mountain peaks and squeezing into crevices in single-minded pursuit of justice? The stark mountain setting and the characterization of the state of that part of the world in that time ring true to me, and I enjoyed that aspect of the novel thoroughly. We also learn that Wolfe is fluent in 8 languages, and through the course of the story we find that some of those languages include Serbian, Croat, Albanian, Russian, Italian and English, of course - one wonders what other two languages he speaks! Recommended.
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