185. Agatha Christie

“She's had a great hit with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which is arguably the single greatest detective novel of all time.”

“You can trace it through her books from the Mysterious Affair at Stiles, which was first published in 1920 in America to the last books, which are not as good, really.”

“The plot of both of them revolve around a couple. The husband or the fiance or the male partner seems to run off with a much more glamorous, wealthier, sexually attractive woman.”

“The speaker mentions reading the novel 'Evil Under the Sun' before watching its adaptation, discussing themes of sexism and character portrayals.”

“Her first book, Mysterious Affair, it starts in 1920 in America and then published in 1921 in Britain. And that introduces Poirot.”

“I think her bestselling novel, Then There Were None, which was very awkwardly titled in its original iteration, got renamed.”

“Poirot is described as a character from Agatha Christie's novels, highlighting his unique traits and the context of his stories.”

“So there's a book called Appointment with Death. And there's a French psychologist called Dr. Girard.”

“The discussion revolves around the themes present in Agatha Christie's works, particularly focusing on social anxiety and the motivations of characters.”

“Miss Marple in 450 at Paddington, which is a very, very good book. And she's a very, very good writer.”

“I wrote a tie-in book for that called The Great British Dream Factory.”

“So I think if you take a book like A Murder is Announced. So that's published in 1950.”

“The discussion references Agatha Christie, particularly in relation to her character Poirot and the nature of her books set in the 1920s.”

“In preparation for this, I read two of her greatest works, Murder on the Nile. Death on the Nile, Tom.”

“I cited in Persian fire. He wrote a very good article on Cyrus the great.”