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Book ID/图书代码: 03540005B12587
English Summary/英文概要: When the greatest chefs in the world gather for a meeting, Nero Wolfe is their honored dinner guest. It is a rare vacation for the gourmet sleuth - until a four-star killer serves a side dish of murder. Then the half-baked local law cooks up an unappetizing entree. Corpulent Wolfe and sidekick Archie begin mixing the ingredients for their inimitable souffle of detection and deduction, while the killer decides that Wolfe’s prix should be permanently fixed...and that his last meal should be his just desserts. A landmark Wolfe mystery for the true fan.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 當世界上最好的廚師們集聚一堂時,Nero Wolfe/尼祿•沃爾夫是他們這場盛宴的尊貴客人。對於這位美食偵探來說這是一次難得的假期,— 直到發生了四星上將被一位配菜侍者殺害的案件。由於當地法律的不健全,頓時間使主菜倒了胃口。肥胖的沃爾夫和搭檔阿爾奇開始為他們別具一格的蛋奶酥的混合配料成分進行推論,隨即兇手決意最終搞定沃爾夫… … 而這最後一餐是他應得的獎賞。對真正的粉絲來說這是一部具有里程碑意義的沃爾夫推理小說。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍: 雷克斯•德亨特•斯托特(1886年12月1日 — — 1975年10月27日) 是一位美國著名的偵探小說作家。斯托特是著名的具有傳奇色彩虛構偵探小說 Nero Wolfe /尼祿•沃爾夫的創作者,評論家把Will Cuppy/威爾•卡皮描述為"福斯塔夫(莎士比亞作品中的喜劇人物)式的偵探。"沃爾夫的助理Archie Goodwin阿爾奇•古德溫記錄了這位天才偵探從1934年的(矛頭蛇/一種劇毒大蛇,產于美洲熱帶)至1975年(家庭事務)的所有破案過程。尼祿•沃爾夫系列偵探集在2000年的Bouchercon/布徹大會,世界作家和文學愛好者的年度會議上被提名為世紀最佳推理系列文學小說,而雷克斯•斯托特也被提名為世紀最佳推理小說作家。Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe’s assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair). The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world’s largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.
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