![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A great part of the Poirot shows’ appeal for me comes from the locales in which they are shot and from the mores and manners of the idle rich good-looking people in their 30s attire. The formula doesn’t bother me when I watch the TV shows. Her books are said to be the third ranking most popular best sellers of all time, just below the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. She was probably laughing at her critics who called her lowbrow, all the way to the bank. ![]() It always ends up that everyone is potentially equally guilty until Poirot takes center stage and proudly makes the dramatic revelation of the real killer at the end.Īgatha Christie knew what she was doing with this phenomenally successful formula. First one person seems to be the killer, then another, then a third. Like the novels, the shows in the TV series never give you all the information you need to solve the mystery yourself. Full of adolescent intellectual pretensions and dreams of becoming a “famous writer,” I binge-read Agatha Christie’s books without much enthusiasm, holding my nose in the air because everyone knew the stories weren’t great literature.Īs I speed read through the books, I felt manipulated by the way Christie presented the clues, because I resented that I could never guess the ending. I read all of the Hercule Poirot mysteries my mother frequently brought home from the library when I was young, mostly because I read everything that came into the house. ![]()
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