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Three Doors to Death
Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 — itself collected in the omnibus volume "Five of a Kind" (Viking 1961). The book comprises three stories that first appeared in "The American Magazine":
- "Man Alive" (December 1947)
- "Omit Flowers" (November 1948)
- "Door to Death" (June 1949)
Publication history.
- 1950,
" the book was never banned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Rather U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy indicted the publisher for distributing obscene literature through U.S. mail in violation of federal law. The book, in fact, was not considered obscene but U.S. mail had been used to distribute ads for the book which were found to appeal to "prurient interests." See main article
- State of Texas Certificate of Death, Registrar File Number 03-632, date of death 30 Sep 1994.