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Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie


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Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie

 
Description: ISBN 0007120699 / Author: Agatha Christie / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller, reissued with a ... more
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie ... striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man!

Newest Review: ... Christie has returned to what many view as her stereotypical work, that of a family united under the roof of the patriarch or ... more

 ... matriarch and the resulting effect of not only the murder, but also the gathering of different personalities placed in a confined enviromment with often only the ties of genetics to connect them. Strong parallels can thus be drawn between this narrative and other works, most noticeably "A Pocketful of Rye" which bears what must surely be a deliberate resemblance in many parts. Comparisons can also be made between "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" and "The 4.50 from Paddington", though he...more

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Premium Review Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie: It's a Family Affair (1947 words)
by - written on 23/04/09 (Very useful, 84 readings)
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Proud, unrepentant of former ill deeds and with a truly wicked sense of humour, elderly Simeon Lee saw no reason to suspect that this Christmas would not be enjoyable - for himself at any rate. His invitation to his sons to gather at his house over the Christmas period had been accepted and it was of no consequence to Lee that the reasons had not all been borne out of a sense of loyalty or love towards him. Instead he took a twisted pleasure in observing how the diametrically opposite characters of Alfred and his brother Harry were set against each other, the former weak but dependable, the latter untrustworthy but charismatic. A younger brother named David made no ...  Read the complete review

 

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