Agatha’s Anti-Novels

5th October 2007 with 0 Comments

“Her life, on the surface, was as grey and dreary as a prison exercise yard, her mind a prey to a daily succession of torments” is how Laura Thompson describes Christie’s reaction to her divorce.
Lindsay Duguid, in the TLS, is perhaps more objective:
“In the abstract, these novels can seem intriguing; their sameness tempts one to [...]

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