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agatha christie and the detective story
"A good detective story should be like a good bull-fight. The reader charges up and down distracted by the red herring until exhausted, when the author plunges the unexpected explanation into him like a sword—the moment of truth, as the Spaniards call it. From the bull's point of view, the object of the performance is simply to get at the author before the author gets at you. The author has a more delicate rôle. He must give the reader a chance to get at the man but take care that he only reaches the cloak: and the closer he allows you to brush past, the better the author. The slightest miscalculation, however, may be fatal. No wonder so many authors lose their nerve, trail their cape far afield, jump the barriers of common sense, and finally assassinate their readers with a feeble poke at the seat of intelligence. These bunglers retire hooted with derision; but they survive the ordeal to write their next book. My simile is suggested by the... Tovább

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agatha christie and the detective story
"A good detective story should be like a good bull-fight. The reader charges up and down distracted by the red herring until exhausted, when the author plunges the unexpected explanation into him like a sword—the moment of truth, as the Spaniards call it. From the bull's point of view, the object of the performance is simply to get at the author before the author gets at you. The author has a more delicate rôle. He must give the reader a chance to get at the man but take care that he only reaches the cloak: and the closer he allows you to brush past, the better the author. The slightest miscalculation, however, may be fatal. No wonder so many authors lose their nerve, trail their cape far afield, jump the barriers of common sense, and finally assassinate their readers with a feeble poke at the seat of intelligence. These bunglers retire hooted with derision; but they survive the ordeal to write their next book. My simile is suggested by the welcome reappearance in the arena of that formidable espada, Mrs. Christie, who passes the bulls closer to her chest than any other living writer."
ralph partridge in the new statesman

This delightfully witty book will come as a pleasant surprise to all admirers of these ingenious detective thrillers for which Agatha Christie is famous. It tells the story of the amazing adventures of two amateur detectives, Tommy, a remarkable young man of thirty-two, and his equally remarkable wife. Tuppence, who follow the methods of famous detective heroes, such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector French, Roger Sheringham, Bulldog Drummond, Father Brown, and even Monsieur Poirot himself. Problem after problem comes before them for solution, and the account of their endeavours to live up to their slogan—" Blunt's Brilliant Detectives! Any case solved in twenty-four hours! " — makes delicious reading.
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' a wonderfully entertaining hoodwink—^with Jane Marple to lift the wool from our eyes.' Robert Ottaway, Daily Sketch
' For the Marple/Christie fans, a feast indeed, nicely cooked up and served in a style worthy of Bertram's.'
Anthony Price, Oxford Mail
' Marvellous Miss Marple in cracking form.' Elizabeth Smart, Queen
' the readability is superb and the plotting beautifully dove-tailed.'
Birmingham Evening Post
' extremely entertaining Christie.'
Julian Symons Sunday Times Vissza