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Champagne for One (1958)
March 19, 2012 -- 7:00 p.m.

Verify Venue in early March!

Slattery's Midtown Pub
8 East 36th Street, 2nd Floor
between 5th & Madison
Manhattan, New York, 10016

As usual, some of us will convene at about 5:00 PM in the back room of The Ginger Man, a beer specialty pub, across the street from Slattery's.

See the Book Discussion page for further details.

THE WOLFE PACK AT KANAWHA SPA
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April 13-15, 2012

The most famous meal in the mystery novel genre is the American Dinner at the Kanawha Spa in Rex Stout's Too Many Cooks. To pay homage to Mr. Wolfe and his love for fine cuisine, we have arranged for the Wolfe Pack to spent a weekend at The Greenbrier, a newly renovated, five-star, five-diamond luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV. Most members of the Pack consider The Greenbrier to have been the inspiration for Kanawha Spa. This world-class hotel is an American institution and served as the unofficial summer capitol for Southern aristocracy during the antebellum period. Today, The Greenbrier provides a full range of activities, boasts a world class chef, a casino, the Congressional Bunker (from the Cold War era) and is an idyllic vacation spot. There is much to do at the resort and we also promise a full range of Wolfean events.

The program includes the following Wolfean activities: Two banquets from the Nero Wolfe Cookbook: one featuring dishes prepared at Kanawha Spa (not the American or French banquets) and the other from dishes served at Rusterman's. We will arrange for the Greenbrier County Prosecuting Attorney, as a speaker, along with other speakers and special events.

Please see the Events page for full details and to print and mail the sigh-up form.

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3 WOLFE TV SERIES THAT NEVER AIRED!

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We have EIGHT MIA members who have not received the latest issue of The Gazette. We know it's easy to forget, so if you have moved this year, or even last year, PLEASE remember to tell us your new address. The Spring, 2011, Vol. XV, No. 2 has a treasure trove of articles by the winners of the recent The Gazette Contest. Saul is on an important case right now and does not have the time to track you down. Please WRITE US!

SCOOP! SCOOP!
Lon Cohen Reports on 2012 Nero Wolfe TV Production in Italy
(also see the information about the 1960s TV production)

October 12, 2011 Update from the Production Company

Francesco Benzi, long time Wolfe Pack member, reports the following information from Italy, along with photos of the lead characters:

Hi Carol,
I have most interesting and surprising news about the new production of Nero Wolfe, expected to appear in 2012. No, the main character wouldn't be Paolo Ferrari, the old Archie (by the way he is still working in TV, but at the age of 82 he now only plays other roles, still with the class of all time). Nero Wolfe will be played by Francesco Pannofino, so far a well endowed character actor (see some pictures in the attached file). He is 53, and except for the moustache, that will reasonably be cut for the shooting, could make a good job. Archie will be Pietro Sermonti who looks also as a believable American detective.

But the more surprising part is that there will be a curious, perhaps shocking variation in the setting. The eight episodes will be set in Italy.

Here is the Production pre-publication information (translated by Francesco):
Set in 1959, due to disagreements with the FBI, Nero Wolfe, America's best detective, moves to Italy along with his faithful assistant Archie Goodwin. He has two main goals: to find a chef to meet his gourmet requirements and to setup, in as short time a as possible, a large greenhouse for his precious orchids: hobbies that require dedication, concentration and above all ... money.

Pushed to work by the ever-practical Goodwin, who procures customers, Wolfe investigates murder cases that take place in Rome: a young woman poisoned during a gala, a university professor murdered with a small needle point, a rich philanthropist hit by a car in mysterious circumstances ... still without leaving [his new] home!

Wolfe deals with cold cases that the Italian police ignored or where they are simply groping in the dark. This is why Commissioner Graziani (the Italian version of Cramer) and his lieutenant Bordon (Stebbins) hate him and his assistant Goodwin.

Also the Italian counterparts of Fritz, Saul Panzer and Lon Cohen (in Italy will be a woman) will be part of the cast.

I don’t know whether the stories will be adaptations of the classical novels or new at all, probably a mix. I am very curious and I am looking forward to see the results of this audacious translation. I hope it won’t be a disappointment, but I promise you that as long as the series will be broadcast I will send you a review with the critical attitude of a Nero Wolfe addict for over 40 years.

Photos from Italy:

Francesco Pannofino (candid photo), the Italian heir of Tino Buazzelli (right) as Nero Wolfe in the new (2012) production.

Pietro Sermonti (candid photo), the Italian heir of Paolo Ferrari (right) as Archie Goodwin in the new (2012) production

(Click photo to see an enlargement.)

Also the following information is copied from James Enge's May, 25, 2011 blog, Ambrose & Elsewhere:

"I have not yet met Archie Goodwin or Nero Wolfe running around Rome. But I could have: someone is apparently making an Italian version of the Nero Wolfe stories and they were filming along the Tiber last week. I got this exciting shot of one of the production trailers.

The idea of Nero Wolfe in a Roman taxi will be especially amusing to those acquainted with both dangerous mythological beasts. I wish Rex Stout had thought to write that one up."

Check Out the All New Corpus Cover Pages

Almost 50 Pages of Wonderful Covers, Synopses, Quotations, & Reviews!

Click on one of the links under "The Corpus" on the menus on the left, and follow the links to the pages with the cover art.

The Wolfe book listings (Alphabetic and Chronological) have links to a page for each book. The other pages, Anthologies, Biographies/Commentaries, Robert Goldsborough, and Non-Nero Wolfe, each have a link to a page of Cover Art and other information.

And don't miss the BIG mystery in Before I Die in Trouble in Triplicate: why did Archie, and his literary agent, Rex Stout, write different beginning and ending scenes in the magazine printing and the book printing?

Tired of Reading Wolfe from Yellowed Pages?

The publisher of the Nero Wolfe Series, Random House, is offering an "Author Alert" Service. When you sign up you are telling Random house to notify you when a new Rex Stout book is published. You will only receive e-mails when a new printing will occur! If they receive enough requests, maybe they will start reprinting the books again!

So go to this page: http://www.randomhouse.com/author/

Enter your e-mail address next to the Author Alert image and click GO.
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Next select paperback, audio books, e-books, etc.

You will receive an e-mail that you MUST click on the link provided to confirm your subscription.

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WOLFE PACK MEMBERS—PUBLISHED MYSTERY AUTHORS All books available through the Wolfe Pack's Amazon portal Are you a member of the Wolfe Pack and your published mystery is NOT listed here? If so, Please send the webmaster an e-mail with your name, a .jpg of your latest book's cover, it's title, a brief blurb, and your web site address.

David Marcum's The Papers of Sherlock Holmes" contains nine new Sherlock Holmes stories. Visit his web site to read "How This Book Came to Be."	Matthew Livingston is the teenage detective created by Marco Conelli in The Prison of Souls.Visit Marco's site. Also take a peek at his great Nero Wolfe Corpus Ornament Collection.	Guy K. Stewart's new Kinle e-book, The Spies from Princeton, is not your run-of-the-mill, spy-shoot-em-up. Instead, Mr. Stewart's approach is more deliciously insidious. Like le Carré's Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his is a short, taut, focused tale - where amoral deceit and the stunning triple-cross are again the themes. Don't miss this new thriller!	Deadly Threads, long-term Wolfe Pack member Jane K. Cleland's newest Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery, is filled with Wolfean trivia. The books, which are often reviewed as an Antiques Roadshow for mystery fans, are traditional mysteries. In addition, she is the Wolfe Pack's Literary Awards Chair. www.janecleland.net

Vincent O'Neil's latest mystery features playwright Jack Glynn in a new mystery theater-themed series. www.vincenthoneil.com Visit his web site to find out more.	Amanda Matetsky is the author of five Paige Turner mysteries and two Annie March novels. www.amandamatetsky.com	Award-winner Bruce DeSilva says 2010 Black Orchid Award winner Brad Crowther’s debut novel is “… distinguished by pitch-perfect dialogue, a suspenseful plot, and a superb cast of characters ...” Advance copies of The Ninth Man are available at www.bradcrowther.com.	Fatal Deeds, featuring Korean War vet, Augustus M. Churchill, a PI in Concord, MA, is a suspense novel, laced with history, romance, local color, and humor. Best-selling author Andrew McAleer spins a genuine mystery - reminiscent in plot and character of the best of the Golden Age of Mystery. Visit his web page: www.CherokeeMcGhee.com

Jane Haddam is the author of the Gregor Demarkian Series. www.janehaddam.com	Marvin Kaye has edited a number of anthologies. The above two tributes, anthologies of the best of The Wolfe Pack's Gazette articles, and Marvin's other books can be viewed at the Wildside Press web site.		Ailleen Schumacher writes the Tory Travers /David Alverez series. Read more about Ailleen and her books on her web site.
Other than Mystery Genre

Translation by member Stephen Pearl of the Russian classic by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov. Awarded the AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages) Prize for the best book translation of 2008.	The Gazette editor, Jean Quinn (aka Lon Cohen) penned this book in the "Crisp Fifty-Minute Series."		Carrying On: A Somwhat Geriatric Love Affair by member Emily Mikulewicz

A&E Nero Wolfe Television Series News
Want to see the Pack's Album of the A&E TV Series' actors, reviews, episode guide, DVD's, etc., plus their trip to the set? Click on the Open Doorway!	In In the Best Families, when Mr. Wolfe left the brownstone, he left the door open to show everyone that he had left and the brownstone was empty. We are leaving the door open in the picture to express our empty feeling at the A&E Network's cancellation of The Nero Wolfe Series. See the "MISSING MINUTES page for the sad, but true, tale of missing cylinders! See these sites' pages for more great screen shots and information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283205/faq http://www.flickr.com/photos/39555894@N00/ flyer for the NYC Premiere of Prisoner's Base (12/4/2009) And don't forget to look through Reviews, Cast, and The Pilot, and Season One and Season Two pages — loaded with shots from your favorite scenes! Get started now!
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