Happy Birthday Agatha Christie

Sep 15, 2010 20:42


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benpayne September 15 2010, 12:24:19 UTC
I bought The Mysterious Affair at Styles a while ago with the intention of working through them all.

Joan Hickson was great, and I love Peter Ustinov's Poirot.

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cassiphone September 15 2010, 12:26:08 UTC
Oh yes, I love that movie - I don't remember the TITLE but he is in it, and Diana Rigg is appalling and gets killed. Brilliant cast.

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benpayne September 15 2010, 12:30:52 UTC
I think that was Evil Under the Sun. That was one of the best. Something about vertigo, from memory :-)

My favourite as a kid was Dead Man's Folly. That gave me nightmares! *shiver*

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jo1967 September 15 2010, 12:38:36 UTC
Damn, you've got to be quick around here *grin*.

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jo1967 September 15 2010, 12:38:01 UTC
'Evil Under the Sun' is the one you're thinking of (IMDb rocks), but he's been Poirot a number of times. I adore Ustinov - saw him in a one-man-show years ago (I was a very uncool uni student) and have seldom enjoyed myself more.

I read a number of Tommy and Tuppence stories when I was young(er) and also enjoyed the fact that they were a married couple but still did lots of really interesting stuff. Can still remember Tuppence being rolled up in a carpet for some reason while pregnant *grin*.

Agatha Christie is one of those authors who is either loved or hated, but if you love her you can pick up a book and start reading. Handy that, because when you're stuck in a waiting room, or spending a wet weekend in a B&B, guaranteed there's at least ONE Christie available *grin*.

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cassiphone September 15 2010, 12:44:53 UTC
omg I obviously really really need to read Tuppence, she sounds brilliant.

And yay for cool married couples having adventures together. So sadly rare in fiction.

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jo1967 September 15 2010, 13:03:30 UTC
cool married couples having adventures together. So sadly rare in fiction

Yes...because life ends abruptly after leaving the wedding reception!

And Tuppence really is...!

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