Books : The Bloodied Ivy: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
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by: Robert Goldsborough
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553052817
ISBN: 0553052810
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Pages: 191
Publication Date: July 01, 1988
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: July 01, 1988
Sales Rank: 1828671
Studio: Bantam
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Rating:  - Just how vicious *are* academic politics?
Hale Markham, a 73-year-old right-wing conservative in a left-leaning political science department, was a big fish in the pond of Prescott University - a small school with Ivy League pretensions. Upon hearing of Markham's fatal fall into a ravine, and having read his book _Bleeding Hearts Can Kill_, Wolfe observes, "The man was a political Neanderthal. He would have been supremely happy in the court of Louis XIV." The professor's name would never have been uttered in the brownstone again, except ... Read More
Rating: - Not Half Bad
The characterizations in this novel are rather good. The plot is not as strong as those in the Rex Stout Archie Goodwin books, but it is better than the average mystery. If you find one, buy it, but don't take extraordinary measures.
Rating:  - Nero Wolfe takes on Academia
A rather simplistic mystery from Goldsborough, who attempted to continue the Nero Wolfe series. A Rush Limbaugh-like professor is murdered on the campus of a fictional Ivy League campus. While the characterizations of the leads was solid, the mystery itself had a very weak conclusion and left this reader feeling less than satisfied.
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