Hicks na haruffa

Alphabet Hicks wani littafi ne mai ban mamaki wanda marubucin Amurka Rex Stout ya rubuta, tare da mai bincike, Alphabet Hick, wanda aka fara bugawa a shekarar 1941. Mai bincike mai zaman kansa Alphabet Hicks shine mai gabatarwa na littafi daya da kuma wani ɗan gajeren labari da Stout ya rubuta.

 Takaitaccen Bayani 
Wani mai bincike mai suna Stout ya zo kan mataki, mai basira a makarantar lauya ta Harvard, yanzu lauya ce da ba ta da izini, mai kuzari, mai ban sha'awa Alfred ("Alphabet") Hicks yana da gamsuwa da aiki a matsayin direban taksi har sai fasinja mace ta shiga cikin matsaloli. Daga nan sai ya zama mai bincike kuma nan da nan ya kai ga kunnensa a cikin makirci a cikin masana'antar filastik, da kashe-kashen da ke cikin ɓangaren waɗannan makircin. An sake saduwa da Hicks sau ɗaya - a cikin ɗan gajeren labarin Stout "Hanninsa".

 Muhimmancin wallafe-wallafen da zargi 

 Isaac Anderson, The New York Times Book Review - Rex Stout, ya juya na ɗan lokaci daga mai saurin motsi, mai hankali mai hankali, Nero Wolfe, ya ƙirƙiri wanda ake kira Alphabet Hicks, wanda aka bayyana shi a matsayin akasin Wolfe, kasancewa mai ƙarfi kuma ɗan damuwa. Farrar & Rinehart za su gabatar da sabon hali a cikin littafi mai zuwa Fall . 
 Isaac Anderson, The New York Times Book Review - Katinsa ya karanta: A. Hicks. M.S.O.T.P.B.O.M. Idan ka san abin da waɗannan haruffa ke nufi kana dubawa. A kowane hali, za ku fahimci dalilin da ya sa abokansa ke kiransa Alphabet Hicks. Lokacin da muka fara saduwa da Hicks yana tuka taksi, kuma fasinja shine Judith Dundee, matar R.L. Dundee. Judith ta gane Hicks daga bayanin da aka buga shi bayan ya warware batun yarinyar da ke da zane-zane a yatsunsu da yatsunsu.  (Ba mu da rikodin wannan shari'ar har yanzu, amma watakila Rex Stout zai tilasta wani lokaci.) Don ci gaba, Judith tana son Hicks ya taimaka mata ta gano dalilin da ya sa mijinta ke tunanin cewa tana sayar da asirin kasuwancinsa ga abokin hamayyar. Kafin Hicks ya fara bincike ya kashe wata mace a yankin Dundees, kuma 'yan sanda na Westchester County ne ke kula da shari'ar - ko kuma suna tunanin su ne. A zahiri Hicks yana da akalla tsalle biyu a gaba da su duk hanyar. Ya kawo ƙarshen shari'ar ta hanyar rushe wani hujja wanda shi da kansa ya taimaka wajen kafawa. Alphabet Hicks ya sami damar zuwa wuri tare da Nero Wolfe da Tecumseh Fox a kan ma'aikatan Rex Stout Detective Agency.

 Tarihin wallafe-wallafen 

 1941, Alphabet Hicks. New York: Farrar &amp; Rinehart, Disamba 8, 1941, hardcover Penzler, Otto, Collecting Mystery Fiction, Rex Stout, Part III (1991: The Armchair Detective 24(1): 43.
 1942, London: Collins Crime Club, 1942, hardcover
 babu kwanan wata, London: Collins (White Circle) #208, takarda
 1947, New York: Dell # 146 (mapback by George A. Frederiksen), paperback
 1965, New York: Pyramid (Green Door) #R-1123, Janairu 1965; bugawa ta biyu #R1371, Afrilu 1967; bugawa ta uku #X1953, Fabrairu 1969; bugawa ta huɗu da ta biyar #N3083, Yuli 1973 da Fabrairu 1974, bugawa ta shida da ta bakwai #V4323, a matsayin "The Sound of Murder", Yuni 1977, paperback
 1979, New York: Matashi #M-5281, Nuwamba 1979 a matsayin "The Sound of Murder"

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