tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post5946973263859756208..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Morsels of Murder: Rex Stout's Death Times Three (1985) Part One: "Bitter End" (1940)The Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-89352233840750279222015-03-19T00:26:34.693-07:002015-03-19T00:26:34.693-07:00Love Bruce! Glad you're enjoying the blog. Q...Love Bruce! Glad you're enjoying the blog. Quite a lot has accumulated in the last three years.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-18229837761779298312015-03-19T00:25:53.818-07:002015-03-19T00:25:53.818-07:00It just seems such an appropriate subject for Nero...It just seems such an appropriate subject for Nero Wolfe (i.e., something Wolfe can get genuinely passionate about: tainted food hits him at home).The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-78451301639447601822015-03-17T13:04:07.297-07:002015-03-17T13:04:07.297-07:00I couldn't help thinking of "Farewell, My...I couldn't help thinking of "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer," S. J. Perelman's 1944 hard-boiled parody involving tainted herring bits. (Just found your blog this weekend and have read back from the present and consumed two and a half Leo Bruce novels as well.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-21474894952634583262014-05-25T18:23:52.719-07:002014-05-25T18:23:52.719-07:00I have read "Bad for Business." "Bi...I have read "Bad for Business." "Bitter End" is a considerable improvement. Taking a full-length, third-person novel and boiling it down to a much shorter, first-person (Archie) novella really tightens the story considerably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com