Gambit

De: Rex Stout

Narrado por: Michael Prichard

Jerin is a mental freak—a man capable of successfully playing a dozen simultaneous chess games against first-rate players while he himself is out of sight of any of the boards. It is while thus engaged that he is killed. A millionaire—his opponent in more realms than chess—is accused, and Nero Wolfe is given what appears to be the most hopeless case he and Archie Goodwin have ever tackled.

You need to know nothing about chess to follow this tale, but some understanding of beautiful mothers and daughters will help.

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.©1962 Rex Stout; (P)1996 Books on Tape Inc.

fun but missing pauses

Great narrator, fast-paced story, but the natural and necessary pauses between chapters has been so completely edited out by software that it sounds like Mr. Prichard speaks over himself.

Great characters

Enjoy reading Wolfe and Archie adventures- and usually I don’t figure out the bad guy til the author makes it apparent obvious?!

Another great Nero Wolfe story

Another great story that Nero Wolfe solves. As smart as Wolfe is Goodwin carries the intrigue. I love this series.

Brilliant

Super story. Fantastic narrator. You won't be disappointed. A wonderful character creation. Excellent. 15 words

Great work, editing isn’t so great.

The story is great, the performance is great, the editing is clumsy. This was originally on cassette and the A-B side changes are really abrupt.