I've seen a few of the movies based on Agatha Christie novels (the Kenneth Branaugh ones...were there two or three?), but I've never read any of her books. My friend Susanne's mother is a big A.C. fan, though, so I'm always on the lookout for stuff related to The Dame, and when I spotted this graphic biography at the library, I picked it up.
It's a nice looking little book: sewn binding, good European style art (whatever that means; I can't define it, but I know it when I see it):
I think it has something to do with an uncluttered, open look and slightly wobbly "straight" lines. Some of the character illustrations reminded me of Chester Brown, who is still one of my favorite artists:
The writing was very smoothly carried along, largely on the back of interactions between Agatha and her creation, Hercule Poirot. It made for interesting confrontations as Agatha was not overly fond of Hercule, and also allowed for "natural" meta-commentary on both Agatha's life and her writings.
A very satisfying and quick read.
I'm thinking I might need go read some Agatha Christie in the near future. But which one? She wrote a lot.
Somewhere along the line I also remembered that I had seen the movie Agatha when it came out in 1979...starring Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie, Dustin Hoffman as Wally Stanton, and Timothy Dalton as Archie Christie. I don't remember anything about it, but I would like to see it again now. And since it's the 21st Century...here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQj23PTy6cQ.
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