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Fois, Marcello
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the University of Bologna, graduating in 1986. He still lives in Bologna, although he spends extended periods in Sardinia. Fois wrote his first novel in 1989, and after some difficulties finding a publisher it was published as Ferro recente in 1992. By that time Fois had...
Literary figures
Archie Goodwin
Gender: Male
The voluminous private detective Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout, rarely leaves home. He lets his secretary, Archie Goodwin, do the legwork, and Goodwin is not a bad detective either. He is good looking, polite, tough when he needs to be, quick-witted and he can memorize interrogations word for word. He is usually the narrator in the Nero Wolfe books. His employer would never have been able to...