Friday, December 18, 2009

Book: Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie

Well , well Agatha Christie is Agatha Christie. I always love her characters, so real, so defined-as if you know that person. This book is no different. Infact, she mentions foreign students in these, though whose description are partially right acc. to their nationalities, but at points, it sounds close to being racist. was this a general racist opinion of the british at that time?

She also often puts in extra information: like why was the green ink spilled in the first place; and gets away without explaining it- just to create an aura so to say. same was in ABC of murder. It gets predictable at times and I think, Hercule poirot though being extraordinarily smart is also incredibly lucky.

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