I love A FAMILY AFFAIR. Especially the detail that Fred Durkin knew the truth but assumed he was wrong because Wolfe didn't think so. Also love the moment when Archie describes how well he and Lily dance together and that he wasn't interested in other dance partners anymore. It is a perfect end to the series. SOME BURIED CAESAR is my favorite as well.
There are so many details in A Family Affair that throwback to previous novels. Fred Durkin recognizing the truth is a direct throwback to Death of a Doxy in which he also knew the truth there and was the one to convince Wolfe and Archie they needed to get involved and save Orrie.
Yeah, Wolfe's office is the Cabot Cove of Manhattan brownstones. lol. Nice work on the list. I haven't read all of them, and now I have something to look forward to.
I've read some of the continuation novels by Robert Goldsbourough, They're... okay. Not terrible, and I enjoyed them when I read them, but I can't summon up enough enthusiasm to recommend them.
I would not rate every one as you would, but Some Buried Caesar seems to have been written when Stout himself was at his happiest. It overflows with good humor. You also did not mention that the reason that Wolfe leaves home in Where There's a Will is because his clients include the United States Secretary of State, for goodness sake. And you did not note that A Family Affair represents Stout's emotional reaction to the hullabaloo around the Vietnam War. To Wolfe, to have this nation's young people protest what to him was an anti-communist war was treachery within the family---and for Wolfe and Archie in this novel, the culprit is a traitor to the workplace family. To read a novel where a writer expresses the exact opposite emotions to the Vietnam war discussion, read Ursula LeGuin's The Word for World is Forest. Note that Stout's anti-communist attitudes were very strong and for me both the worst and the best of his novellas (both appearing in Triple Jeopardy) are based on these attitudes. I think his worst-ever novella is "Home to Roost" and the most enjoyable is "The Cop Killer'. Having seen your Part 2 video, I need to go back and view your Part 1.
I would need to reread the novellas before I made a decision but Home to Roost is pretty bad. I think whenever someone writes about Communism, to me, it is a risky subject because I think it gets overdone and they tend to really push the point that Communism is bad. It sometimes gets to be a lot. And I wish I talked more about the Vietnam War's influence on A Family Affair. It was not lost on me at all but I was being extra-cautious not to spoil that novel because it would be an absolute shame to even hint in certain directions with that novel.
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I love A FAMILY AFFAIR. Especially the detail that Fred Durkin knew the truth but assumed he was wrong because Wolfe didn't think so. Also love the moment when Archie describes how well he and Lily dance together and that he wasn't interested in other dance partners anymore. It is a perfect end to the series. SOME BURIED CAESAR is my favorite as well.
There are so many details in A Family Affair that throwback to previous novels. Fred Durkin recognizing the truth is a direct throwback to Death of a Doxy in which he also knew the truth there and was the one to convince Wolfe and Archie they needed to get involved and save Orrie.
Yeah, Wolfe's office is the Cabot Cove of Manhattan brownstones. lol. Nice work on the list. I haven't read all of them, and now I have something to look forward to.
lol. OMG. Apt comparison.
I've read some of the continuation novels by Robert Goldsbourough, They're... okay. Not terrible, and I enjoyed them when I read them, but I can't summon up enough enthusiasm to recommend them.
I'll probably give them a shot at some point. Thanks for the info.
No doubt you enjoy the (now-defunct) series with Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin, it’s really great.
Oh yes. One of the best.
Don't mind me. I'm just here for the top 3 to know what to read later on.
These lists are very good for that.
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Thanks!
I would not rate every one as you would, but Some Buried Caesar seems to have been written when Stout himself was at his happiest. It overflows with good humor. You also did not mention that the reason that Wolfe leaves home in Where There's a Will is because his clients include the United States Secretary of State, for goodness sake. And you did not note that A Family Affair represents Stout's emotional reaction to the hullabaloo around the Vietnam War. To Wolfe, to have this nation's young people protest what to him was an anti-communist war was treachery within the family---and for Wolfe and Archie in this novel, the culprit is a traitor to the workplace family. To read a novel where a writer expresses the exact opposite emotions to the Vietnam war discussion, read Ursula LeGuin's The Word for World is Forest. Note that Stout's anti-communist attitudes were very strong and for me both the worst and the best of his novellas (both appearing in Triple Jeopardy) are based on these attitudes. I think his worst-ever novella is "Home to Roost" and the most enjoyable is "The Cop Killer'. Having seen your Part 2 video, I need to go back and view your Part 1.
I would need to reread the novellas before I made a decision but Home to Roost is pretty bad. I think whenever someone writes about Communism, to me, it is a risky subject because I think it gets overdone and they tend to really push the point that Communism is bad. It sometimes gets to be a lot. And I wish I talked more about the Vietnam War's influence on A Family Affair. It was not lost on me at all but I was being extra-cautious not to spoil that novel because it would be an absolute shame to even hint in certain directions with that novel.