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From: jaffe@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (Saul)
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Subject: Re: (sort of) NEW Nero Wolfe book(!)
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 09:59:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 19 09:59:14 1985
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> From: nrh@inmet.UUCP
> Subject: (sort of) NEW Nero Wolfe book(!)
> Date: 18 Nov 85 00:59:00 GMT

> It would seem that none of the three stories in the collection were
> book-published before, and that "Assault on a Brownstone" has *never*
> been published before.
> 
> I got it tonight -- the publisher is Bantam.  From the publishing 
> information in the front of the book, a different version
> of "Assault on a Brownstone" appeared as "Counterfeit for Murder" in
> "Homicide Trinity".
> 
> The other two stories "Bitter End" and "Frame-Up for Murder"
> have appeared in periodicals, but not in "normal" book form (one
> appeared in a limited edition called "Corsage".

 If you read the introduction to the book you will note that the
 first story "Bitter End", appeared originally as a Tecumseh Fox
 story (another detective written by Stout).  The other two stories
 are rewrites of previously published stories but with different
 endings.  "Frame up for Murder" was originally "Murder is no Joke"
 and "Assault on a Brownstone" was originally "Counterfeit for
 Murder".

 Personally, I liked "Assault on a Brownstone" better than
 "Counterfeit for Murder".  It gives much more credence to Wolfe's
 hatred of the FBI and other governmental agencies.

 A worthy edition to my Nero Wolfe library.
-- 
Saul Jaffe
Systems Programmer
Rutgers University
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