"Easter Parade" is the mystery novel of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout, first published as "The Easter Parade Murder" on April 16, 1957, the Look magazine. It first appeared in the form of books in short story collection and Four to Go , published by Viking Press in 1958.
Video Easter Parade (short story)
Ringkasan plot
When Nero Wolf's envy is aroused, he will do anything to satisfy him. He embarrasses Archie in his quest for Jerome Berin's recipe for his mini suit, and he strengthens Lewis Hewitt to get the black orchid. Now he knows that Millard Bynoe has been hybridizing the pink Vanda orchid, a unique plant. He wants to check one and Bynoe has rejected it.
Wolfe has also learned that Mrs. Bynoe will spray pink Vanda at this year's Easter parade in New York, and wonder if Archie knows anyone who will steal it from him. Archie does have a suggestion, a slick character dubbed Tabby, who might make a petty theft in public for a few hundred dollars. Archie suggests that in addition to organizing Tabby services, it may be wise to get orchid photos. Archie offers to attend the parade as well, with Wolfe's new camera.
So it was decided: Tabby will position himself outside the church where Mr. and Mrs. Bynoe will attend the Easter service and will try to grab the orchid corsage from his shoulders as they leave the church. Archie will be across the street with the camera, trying to get a good corsage photo in case Tabby's theft attempt fails.
Easter morning arrives. Both Tabby and Archie are in place - Archie shares some wooden crates with some other photographers to see the crowd. One of them is a beautiful young woman named Iris Innes, who exists as a staff photographer for a magazine.
The Bynoes came out of the church at another man's company. Tabby tried to take the orchids but Bynoes's friends told him to leave. So Tabby ducked into the crowd and started stalking them as they walked down the street. Archie has been able to capture a lot of action in the movie.
Suddenly, Mrs. Bynoe collapsed. When his friends try to help him, Tabby runs toward them, grabs the orchid corsage, and runs away. Archie left after him, and caught up when Tabby got into a taxi. Archie joined him, told him to be quiet, and told the taxi driver to take them to 918 West 35th.
Only after Wolfe had time to inspect the orchid, and announced that he would pay $ 3,000 (in 1958) for the full plant, did Archie get a chance to show that if necessary the police would identify and track Tabby, and that Tabby would surrender on Wolfe and Archie. Call Archie Lon Cohen and find out that Mrs. Bynoe is dead. Wolfe wanted to avoid mentioning publicly about his relationship with the incident, and offered Tabby $ 10 a day to stay out of brownstone. After trying unsuccessfully to raise per diem, Tabby accepts.
Archie carefully removed the film from the camera, and the outlook soon paid off when Inspector Cramer arrived. Needles containing strychnine have been found in the stomach of Ny. Bynoe, and his theory is that the needle is shot from a spring mechanism like a camera. Cramer uses the camera, but does not ask if the movie is still in it. Monday morning, Archie took the film to a camera store to develop.
Then he spends most of his time trying to reach other photographers, including Miss Innes. Archie spent the rest of the hour at the District Attorney's office, answering questions and refusing to answer questions he found unimportant to investigate Mrs Bynoe's murder. He was laid off in time to get a picture developed from the store and back to brownstone before dark.
There he found Bynoe, Inspector Cramer, DA Skinner, and several others, including the photographer Archie was looking for. Wolfe asked to see the pictures. He arranges a re-show scene in front of the church, and shows Cramer how the photographs Archie took showed the identity of his killer.
Maps Easter Parade (short story)
Throwing characters
- Nero Wolfe - Investigator â € <â €
- Archie Goodwin - Wolfe's assistant, and narrator of all Wolfe's stories
- Millard Bynoe - rich philanthropist and orchid rider
- Madam. Millard Bynoe - His young wife
- Henry Frimm - Executive Secretary of the Bynoe Rehabilitation Fund
- Tabby - Uncomfortable characters who are comfortable with small thefts
- Iris Innes, Joe Herrick, Alan Geiss, Augustus Pizzi - Photographer magazine
- Inspector Cramer - Represents Manhattan Murder
Unknown word
"Wolfe saga readers often have to turn to dictionaries because of Wolfe's scientific vocabulary and sometimes from Archie," wrote Rev. Frederick G. Gotwald.
Examples of unknown words - or the use of unfamiliar words some considered familiar - are found throughout the corpus, often in giving and taking between Wolfe and Archie. This is included in "Easter Pass":
- Ruby strikes. Chapter 1.
- Discovered. Chapter 2. Major British usage, postcaptositive.
- Strangled. Chapter 7.
Publishing history
"Easter Parade"
- 1957, See , April 16, 1957 (as "Murder of the Easter Parade")
And Four to Go
- 1958, New York: The Viking Press, April 29, 1958, hardcover. In the printing of "Easter Easter", a page that presents black and white photographs of four magazine photos Look placed between pages 96 and 97.
- The contents include "Christmas Party", "Easter Parade", "Fourth of July Picnic" and "Murder Is No Joke"
- In his limited edition pamphlet, Collecting the Mystery of Fiction # 10, Rex Stout Nero Wolfe Part II , Otto Penzler describes the first edition And Four to Go : "Blue cloth, cover front and spine are printed in red, the back cover is empty, and is put in a red brick dust wrap. "
- In April 2006, First: The Book Collector's Magazine estimated that the first edition and Four to Go had a value between $ 200 and $ 350. The forecast is for the inner copy very good condition until smooth like dustjacket.
- 1958, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), August 1958, hardcover. In the printing of "Easter Easter", a page that presents black and white photographs of four magazine photos Look placed between pages 96 and 97.
- The much more worthless edition of the Viking book club can be distinguished from the first edition in three ways:
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- The dust jacket has a "Book Club Edition" printed on the inside front, and the price is missing (first edition may be discounted if given as a gift).
- The book club edition is sometimes thinner and always taller (usually a quarter inch) than the first edition.
- The book club edition is tied in cardboard, and the first edition is tied with a cloth (or at least has a cloth spine).
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- 1959, London: Collins Crime Club, May 25, 1959, hardcover (like
Crime and More ) - 1959, New York: Bantam # A-2016, November 1959, paperback
- 1962, London: Fontana # 629, 1962 (such as Crime and More )
- 1992, New York: Bantam Crime Line ISBNÃ, 0-553-24985-1 December 1992, paperback edition, Rex Stout Library with introductions by Jane Haddam
- 1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBNÃ, 0-7366-4059-2 October 31, 1997, audio cassette (complete, read by Michael Prichard)
- 2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 978-0-307-75569-8 July 21, 2010, e-book
References
External links
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