Some Buried Caesar

De: Rex Stout

Narrado por: Michael Prichard

An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture—and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur’s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn’t a crime . . . until Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, is found pawing the remains of a family scion. Wolfe is sure the idea that Caesar is the murderer is, well, pure bull. Now the great detective is on the horns of a dilemma as a veritable stampede of suspects—including a young lady Archie has his eye on—conceals a special breed of killer who wins a blue ribbon for sheer audacity.

Introduction by Diane Mott Davidson

“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.©1939 Rex Stout; (P)1994 Books on Tape Inc.

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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review

One of the best Nero Wolfe stories

If you could sum up Some Buried Caesar in three words, what would they be?

Interesting and unusual

Who was your favorite character and why?

Archie

What about Michael Prichard???s performance did you like?

He IS Nero Wolfe for me.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

This movie is a load of BULL!

Any additional comments?

One of the very BEST Nero Wolfe series.

The best Wolfe I've read so far

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is a genuine mystery. Some of Stout's Wolfe novels are simply elongated chase scenes, with Archie (the real star of so many of these stories) pursuing the bad guy(s) on behalf of his enormous boss. This book has twists, turns and emotional hooks. The various suspects and witnesses have developed personalities, frailties and motives for their actions that surprise. Michael Prichard brings all of them to life.

The only weakness in the story is how a somewhat random act by Wolfe near the start of the tale figures into the solution. But readers can decide for themselves!

What does Michael Prichard bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

If Rex Stout did not have Prichard's interpretation of Archie in mind, then he should have. The other characters get the individuality they deserve. But Prichard makes Archie the star, as he should be.

See Nero Climb – Superior Nero Wolfe

Some Buried Caesar is one of the better of the uniformly excellent Nero Wolfe series. Although the audio is not totally crisp, I did not experience any muddiness experienced by others and there were no pops and drops I experienced on some of this series. This story shows Nero Wolfe at his most active – climbing, jumping and even going to the fair! Lots of fun, great characters, and an enjoyable mystery. Hard to beat that combination.

Wolfe at his most imperious -- Fabulous!

"Some Buried Caesar" is the sixth Nero Wolfe book, published in 1939, and is one of the best of the series. For one thing, it is amusing to see Wolfe far from his NYC brownstone, having to put up with the inconvenience and discomfort of having to sleep in a strange bed, sit in chairs which are not big enough to hold his girth, and, worst of all, eating food not prepared by his private chef.

The only thing that could entice Wolfe out of the city is an opportunity to display his hybrid orchids in an exhibition contest. This is what has drawn Wolfe, and consequently his assistant Archie, to the countryside of upstate New York. After their car fetches up against a tree as a result of a blowout, Wolfe and Archie encounter Caesar, a prize Guernsey bull, when they are crossing Caesar's pasture. Archie manages to outrun the bull to the fence and safety, but Wolfe is stranded atop a large boulder in the pasture and has to be rescued.

Thereafter there is a great to-do about the bull, his value and the present owner's plans for the animal, and amidst the arguments and fights first one, and then another, dead body shows up. Of course Wolfe knows immediately that the first man was murdered, and who did it, and the rest of the story involves evidence which keeps disappearing, interspersed with the judging of the orchids.

This is classic Nero Wolfe, with Wolfe at his imperious best, and Archie has plenty of chances to exercise his charm over beautiful young women when he is not discovering bodies or detecting, or irritating the police with his smart remarks. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels have been called by many critics the best American mysteries of all time. I find them well-written and always amusing. The price of the audible versions seems high for the fairly short length, but I find them well worth the price.

my favorite Neeo Wolfe story

Archie's Goodwin meets Lily Rowan for the first time. Nero Wolfe spends days out of New York taking on a case mainly to find a decent chair, and place to sleep. Many hilarious moments, esp. Archie's stint in a rural jail and his exchanges with Lily. I've read this but it's even more fun to hear it read by Michael Prichard. I look forward to hearing him read Death of a Doxy, another personal favorite.