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Authors: Bad for Business
Tags: #Mystery & Detective, #Murder - Investigation, #Fox; Tecumseh (Fictitious Character), #Political, #General, #Mystery Fiction, #Fiction
“Nothing doing,” Fox said firmly. “You’ve been neglecting your business all week and you’d better start catching up. Besides, Miss Duncan and I met romantically and we’re going to part romantically. I’ll drop you off wherever you say. Your office?”
So Mr. Cliff worked that afternoon—at least, he was at his desk. The evening was another matter.
The End.
Rex Stout
Now, for the first time ever, enjoy a peek into the life of Nero Wolfe’s creator, Rex Stout, courtesy of the Stout Estate. Pulled from Rex Stout’s own archives, here are rarely seen, some never-before-published memorabilia. Each title in “The Rex Stout Library” will offer an exclusive look into the life of the man who gave Nero Wolfe life.
Bad for Business
One of Rex Stout’s great passions (besides the events of a certain brownstone on West 35th Street) was his work with the Author’s League of America. Following is a newspaper clipping from 1951 which describes Stout being elected to head that organization.
This book is fiction. No resemblance is intended between any character herein and any person, living or dead; any such resemblance is purely coincidental.
BAD FOR BUSINESS
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Copyright © 1940 by Rex Stout.
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