Talk:Rex Stout
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[edit] Dol Bonner
The first female detective in fiction goes back definitely back way further than 1937; Jess Nevin's "Fantastic Victoriana" has descriptions of far older instances. It may be that the qualifier "private" makes it a bit more true, though I doubt this. Additionally there is the possibility that all previous instances starred in short stories, not novels. Given that the first *real* female private detective goes back to 1856 with Kate Warner joining the Pinkerton agency, I have my doubts about that too.
Until someone can get some confirmation I will remove the speculation that Dol Bonner is the first female private detective to star in novels. Martijn Faassen 12:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- I was told authoritatively (by a university professor teaching a course about woman PIs/detectives) that there are earlier examples of the woman PI as a fictional protagonist, but I can't say what they are, years later. I know that The Hand in the Glove is nearly the first, though, and thus significant. Accounting4Taste 05:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fer de Lance
His magnum opus? By whose definition? Anchoress 05:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
it would help. Help911 12:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- Image has been added; template removed. — WFinch 05:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mountain Cat
I mistakenly changed the original name of this novel, "Mountain Cat", to "The Mountain Cat Murders", the title of every single reprint (to the best of my knowledge) since the first edition. I changed it back, but I expect not many people will be familiar with the original title and so provided both. Accounting4Taste 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Comic Strip
There definitely was a syndicated Nero Wolfe comic strip in the 50s... all I know is that it was written by John Broome. Rhinoracer 14:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citation needed
There is a citation needed inserted in the article following a sentence regarding readers' alienation, Stout's stance on the Vietnam War, and his attitude toward Communism. It is not clear whether the request for citation concerns the readers, Vietnam or Communism. Perhaps someone can clarify. I had temporarily added a quotation from The Silent Speaker but on consideration reverted to the citation needed. TurnerHodges (talk) 04:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
