Agatha Christie's secret notebooks fifty years of mysteries in the making
A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories. This was first published in the UK --Provided by publisher.
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2009.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Curran, John, |d 1954- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Agatha Christie's secret notebooks : |b fifty years of mysteries in the making / |c John Curran. |
| 250 | |a 1st U.S. ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Harper, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 492 p. : |b ill., photographs ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2009. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 485) and index | ||
| 520 | |a A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories. This was first published in the UK --Provided by publisher. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A murder is announced: the beginning of a career -- Dumb witness: the evidence of the notebooks. Exhibit A: The Detection Club -- The moving finger: Agatha Christie at work. Exhibit B: Other crime writers int he notebooks -- Cat among the pigeons: The nursery rhyme murders. Exhibit C: Agatha Christie in the notebooks -- Blind man's buff: a game of murder. Exhibit D: true crime in the notebooks -- The girl in the train: murder abroad -- Elephants can remember: murder in retrospect. Exhibit E: N or M? -- a titles quiz -- Destination unknown: murder abroad -- In a glass darkly: the unknown Christie. Exhibit F: The house of dreams: unused ideas -- Sanctuary: a holiday for murder -- Poirot investigates: The labours of Hercules. Exhibit G: Murder is easy: seeds of inspiration -- The body in the library: murder by quotation -- Appendix: Swan song: two last stories. The capture of Cerberus ; The incident of the dog's ball. | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Christie, Agatha, |d 1890-1976 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Christie, Agatha, |d 1890-1976 |x Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Detective and mystery stories |x Authorship. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Poirot, Hercule |c (Fictitious character) |v Fiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder in literature. | |
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