[HN Gopher] Drinking with Agatha Christie
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Drinking with Agatha Christie
Author : apollinaire
Score : 37 points
Date : 2024-02-29 20:21 UTC (2 days ago)
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| grimmdude wrote:
| Fun article, I'm reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd right now.
| umvi wrote:
| Good book, but it has the same formula as most Christie books:
| slow burn all the way to a huge pay off. The slow burn is
| usually too much of a slog for me. Two of her books are
| exceptions to that formula though - ABC Murders and And Then
| There Were None. Because those two aren't slow burns, they are
| my favorite Christie books.
| galaxyLogic wrote:
| Of course describing the drinks gives us insight into the social
| class of the characters. It provides entertainment value by the
| reader more readily 'recognizing" the characters. That is part of
| a murder mystery always, gives us clues, or perhaps intentionally
| misleading pseudo-clues.
| simondotau wrote:
| The best clue in televised murder shows is how good (or how
| famous) the actor is.
| jmkd wrote:
| I have watched most of the Christie murder mystery films
| several times each, and as long as I have a year or two between
| viewings I remain quite incapable of remembering whodunnit.
| Instead I happily succumb to Christie's red herrings and the
| visual whims of the director to lead me off the beaten path.
| hyperthesis wrote:
| Her mysteries can't be solved without crucial information that is
| withheld until the end. Is this true?
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