I know this book doesn't pass the sniff test today, but it is my absolute favorite! Thank you!❤

@PenSteel-ih8qr

16 күн бұрын

PBS does Poirot really well , they have many episodes!!

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The book was published a few weeks after the disappearance and reappearance of Christie. The resulting publicity over her name caused the new novel to become a sales hit. Sales were good enough to more than double the success of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It sold despite not being a traditional murder mystery, being a tale of international intrigue and espionage, and opening the possibility of more spy fiction from Christie.[5] In 1942, Christie wrote to her agent, Edmund Cork of Hughes Massie, asking him to keep a manuscript in reserve (probably Sleeping Murder) and stated I have been, once, in a position where I wanted to write just for the sake of money coming in and when I felt I couldn't - it is a nerve wracking feeling. If I had had one MS 'up my sleeve' it would have made a big difference. That was the time I had to produce that rotten book The Big Four and had to force myself in The Mystery of the Blue Train.[6]

Poirot identifies Number 4 as an obscure character actor called Claude Darrell. A former girlfriend reveals Darrell's identifying quirks. In order to track the Big Four in secret, Poirot stages his own death. He and Hastings travel to the Big Four's mountain hideout in Italy and are taken captive. Poirot reveals that he is not Hercule Poirot, but his twin brother, Achille. He tells the Big Four that the mountain has been cordoned off and the police are on the scene. Three of the Big Four are killed in an explosion just as the police raid the hideout. The other is reported to have committed suicide. Back home, Poirot reveals Achille Poirot did not exist - it was Hercule Poirot in disguise all along. He laments that all his other cases will seem boring and tame compared to this case. The novel ends with Hastings returning to Argentina and Poirot considering retirement.

To be honest I think it’s a little bit over thought! Almost a 007 manual. But don’t take me wrong it’s not a bad story

1927////

THE MIGHTY CHINA MAN!

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@maisiesummerfield265

18 сағат бұрын

thank you

Where is part 2

@marchuws4993

13 күн бұрын

Take a look around

Racism in Agatha Christie's Novels DISCUSSION I've been searching the internet for an exhaustive list of racist incidents in Agatha Christie's novels. Not trying to cancel her or anything, just want to make sure when I recommend her to my BIPOC friends that I don't accidentally suggest something that would offend them. Here's what I remember off the top of my head: And Then There Were None (Does this even need explaining. Original title used N word. Then changed to a "less offensive" but still derogatory title before finally settling on the current title. Also even after the changes to the nursery rhyme there was still at least one N word left in.) Poirot Investigates (Racist caricatures of Asian people) The Big Four (More racist caricatures of Asian people, but not as many as Investigates. Also, apparently Asian racism was so rampant in 1920s mysteries that when the "Ten Commandments of Detective Fiction" were written by Ronald Knox in 1929, commandment 5 says "no Chinaman must figure in the story.") Death in the Clouds (protagonist states she and her love interest both dislike Black people) I'm sure I've read other examples but I can't remember off the top of my head. Please let me know if you think of any more cases.