Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective created by the prolific American author Rex Stout in the 1930s and featured in dozens of books and short stories (many of which were later collected into books). Wolfe, probably the best-known consulting detective after Sherlock Holmes, was born in 1892 or 1893 in Montenegro and fought in World War I against the Germans. He weighs about 285 pounds and is 5'11" tall. He raises orchids as a hobby in a rooftop greenhouse in his New York City brownstone rowhouse on West 35th Street with the help of his employee Theodore Horstmann, drinks copious amounts of beer throughout the day and is a gourmand (and so employs a live-in cook, Fritz Brenner), and almost never leaves his house (where his office is). His leg-work is done by another live-in employee, Archie Goodwin, who is also a licensed detective.

Related Topics:
Rex Stout - 1930s - Sherlock Holmes - 1892 - 1893 - Montenegro - World War I - Orchid - New York City - Gourmand - Archie Goodwin

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The idea that Nero Wolfe was the product of an affair between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (whom Holmes always called "the Woman") in Montenegro in 1892 and was subsequently born in Trenton, New Jersey, instead of Montenegro, was put forth in the Baker Street Journal in 1956 by John D. Clark, and later co-opted by William S. Baring-Gould. The actual creators of Wolfe and Holmes had no such connection in mind. Stout, who had the opportunity to accept or reject the suggestion, did neither. Others, noting both physical and psychological resemblances, suggest Mycroft Holmes as Wolfe's father rather than Sherlock.

Related Topics:
Sherlock Holmes - Irene Adler - 1892 - Trenton - New Jersey - 1956 - John D. Clark - William S. Baring-Gould - Mycroft Holmes

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