- Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm); Reissue edition (Sep 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553272918
- ISBN-13: 978-0553272918
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,067,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When one of Nero Wolfe''s closest friends, is gunned down in cold blood, the detective takes it personall y, pledging to do everything in his power to bring the kille r to justice. But his reckless vow draws him into the most l ethal case of his career. '
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
They're actually UNabridged, if they're the ones I recorded.
3 May 1999
I'm the narrator of all the Nero Wolfe books from Audio Partners which you're listing on your website. I've just noticed that you list my recordings of THE BLACK MOUNTAIN, FER-DE-LANCE, THE GOLDEN SPIDERS, and WHERE THERE'S A WILL as abridged. Please note that these recordings are all actually UNabridged. It may make a difference with potential purchasers. Thanks.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Nero Wolfe walks through the mountains of his homeland.
6 Aug 1998
Someone has murdered Nero Wolfe's best friend Marko, owner of Rusterman's, the only restaurant Wolfe will frequent. More than food is at stake -- Marko and Wolfe share a mysterious history in their birthplace, the mountains outside Sarajevo. Marko is one of the very few who Archie has heard call Wolfe by his first name. Wolfe sets out to find the murderer and the adventure leads back to the Black Mountain, the place of his origin. Wolfe puts out more physical exertion in this one book than in all the others put together, which is one of its charms. But what really works for me is that he casts Archie in the role of his son for the sake of their cover story -- bringing to the front some of the subtle aspects of their "normal" relationship in the old brownstone. It's a stretch for everyone -- readers included -- but the emotional borders are widened as in no other Nero Wolfe novel, and the result is extremely satisfying. Stout's brilliance has, in my opinion, al! ways resided in great measure in his ability to suggest the emotions of his characters through a small action or phrase that lets the reader in without spelling it all out. In "The Black Mountain" Stout has brought to the surface the truth of the Archie/Wolfe relationship in full color with absolutely no pandering, and no cheapness.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Okay, I'm an addict.
18 Sep 1999
Format:Hardcover
There are more flaws in the plot than in my golf swing, but because of the theme, the setting, the emotion, and the close constant interaction between Wolfe and Archie I loved it.
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