Nero Wolfe is the detective in a long-running series of mystery novels by Rex Stout. He lives in an old four-story brownstone in New York City, on West Thirty-fifth Street. Living with him are his assistant, Archie Goodwin, his cook, Fritz Brenner, and his orchid nurse, Theodore Horstmann.
He engages in detection to support his two loves, food and orchids. He says of orchids that they are "his concubines: insipid, expensive, parasitic and temperamental." Wolfe spends the hours of 9-11am and 4-6pm in the greenhouse on the roof, with Theodore and the orchids; the rest of the day is spent in his office.
Much of the information on these
pages was taken from the book Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-fifth
Street by William S. Baring-Gould.
According to Robert Hughes:
A&E made an original movie of the "Golden Spiders" this year. It was well
received and ranked in the top 5 of A&E's original TV movies. This success
has prompted them to schedule shooting on at least 9 more original movies
starting with "The Doorbell Rang". Cast will be the same except for Saul.
see: http://geocities.com/Athens/8907/nero.html or inquire at the Wolfe
Pack.
There is a real-world Nero Wolfe fan club called The Wolfe Pack. To join, write to:
The Wolfe Pack
P.O. Box 230822
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10023
Membership is $25 for two years, which includes four issues of the Gazette and notices of meetings (there are usually four events a year: a shad roe dinner, a summer event, a brunch hunt, and the Black Orchid banquet [with the Nero Wolfe Assembly]). I'm told the membership secretary is Mary Glascock.
There is also an electronic fan club; to join the electronic mailing list, write to wolfe-list-request@mirror.org.
Many people have asked (and answered) about the cookbook.
People keep writing me with questions about Wolfe which I do not have the answers to. If you are a Wolfe expert, or even an interested beginner, please look at the questions and mail me if you know the answer.
Feel free to send more questions, as well.
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