The Rubber Band. (Nero Wolfe #3) Rex Stout. 190 pages.I threw down the magazine section of the Sunday Times and yawned. I looked at Nero Wolfe and yawned again.
I was slightly disappointed in my most recent Nero Wolfe read, The League of Frightened Men. But I just LOVED, LOVED, LOVED The Rubber Band. It reminded me of why I enjoy the Nero Wolfe stories so much. It had plenty of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin! It also featured plenty of interaction with Inspector Cramer.
Nero Wolfe has plenty of potential clients in this one because several people have come to him with their problems. But which client will he accept, and why?!
This murder mystery has multiple victims. I could try to summarize the mystery, but why spoil the fun?!
Favorite quotes:
There's just as many honest men here as the other side of the mountain. And just as few. I'm one. I'm so damn honest I often double-cross myself. Nero Wolfe is almost as bad. (19)
It is not always practicable to sneer at mud; there's too much of it. (31)
The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person. It is mine. I am sometimes successful. (44)
Okay. I'll gargle my milk. It'll probably be my last chance for that innocent amusement before they toss us in the hoosegow. I remember you told me once that there is no moment in any man's life too empty to be dramatized. (76)
No guy who knows he's right because he's too conceited to be wrong can be expected to go into conference about it. (167)© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
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