Posted on 05/30/2021 10:34:02 PM PDT by tbw2
It is true that she could be formulaic, especially in her early books. Miss Marple’s eyes endlessly twinkled and Hercule Poiret kept twirling that famous mustache. What keeps her books readable, though, is that she never cheats (the clues are always there if you know what to look for). That’s the obvious reason. However, I also believe that, despite her formula and repetition, she understood human nature, something that became increasingly obvious as her writing matured.
And while the excerpt of the interview with the Bishop didn’t touch upon “expertise” the rest of the Tucker Carlson episode was about the fact that so-called “experts” have been spectacularly wrong about everything. Nevertheless, the leftists embrace their irrational beliefs because they are dressed up in scientific garb, grounded by those “experts.”
Once all those thoughts crystallized in my mind, I instantly flashed to They Came to Baghdad, an Agatha Christie book from 1951.
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Agatha Christie and the nature of moral corruption
Posted on May 29, 2021 by Bookworm
Agatha Christie is endlessly popular not just because her mysteries are good but because she understood human nature and moral corruption.
https://www.bookwormroom.com/2021/05/29/agatha-christie-and-the-nature-of-moral-corruption/
I’m a fan. I particularly liked the Miss Marple television series starring Joan Hickson.
On murders, "They do share one or two traits. Vanity. A distorted morality. A lack of empathy. And murderers tend to feel that they are above the rules and laws that govern ordinary mortals." - Crooked House
One of my favorite books by Christie
Another man who’s trying to bring the help the nefarious plot to light also comes to Baghdad only to get murdered.
[...] slipped into believing themselves God’s who have the power [...]
[...] and they do not care how many lives ae destroyed in the process.
Regards,
bookmark
I’ll stick with Raymond Chandler.
Love Agatha Christie! And Midsomer Murders, which is free 24/7 on Filmrise British and Pluto.
Amen to that.
I binged watched Midsomer Murders first off and then dived into the works of Agatha Christie with Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Loved every single one.
The British are so good at the production of mysteries. I am not tiring of the detectives or the plots of various sleuths as they go about their business.
Agatha Christie is one of the best and most enduring mystery writers of the last 100 years. I love her works.
I also like the Poirot series from the 80’s/90’s with David Suchet.
And Poirot misspelling as Poiret.
I watched all the episodes of midsommer murders a few years ago and now someone told me they made more?
Started reading her in middle school. Love her.
Collected all her books, minus one. (Gotta work on that.)
Also got to look into Brit Box. Had a local PBS that did Brit mysteries, now junk.
“She gave him the sort of look that should have stood out of his back at least six inches “
Nobody writes like that.
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All of the other 20 seasons have been removed from the service, even though I would love to watch them again. I believe it was on Netflix too but I have dropped that service. Acorn TV has all the seasons.
I got a $12 Roku device a few years ago, and it has tons of programming for free. It also offers pay tv that you normally would have to be attached to a satellite company for. There are commercials, but they’re very short.
I haven’t looked to see what British detective series are available for free, except Midsomer. I’d rather read Christie, etc., but I’ll take them any way I can get them.
I tried reading Agatha Christie but the local public library has a long waiting list for each novel. So I just watch the movie version.
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