Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Christie

From: Doug Bassett ( dj_bassett@yahoo.com)
Date: 13 Oct 2004


I read a lot of Christie when I was a teenager, which seems to me a good age to encounter her.

My favorite "fair play" mystery writer is definitely John Dickson Carr.

doug

--- Jacques Debierue < matrxtech@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "crimeflix"
> <jmks100@a...>
> wrote:
> >
> Re Christie, I just wanted to mention I'm a huge fan
> of her books.
> I've read most of them (although it's been some
> time), find them
> hugely entertaining, and whether you like the hard
> or soft stuff
> you can learn a ton about plotting from her
> books...
> > J
> > http://www.jasonstarr.com
>
> Like Jason, I have read lots of her stuff and mainly
> for the plots.
> She *also* had an unlimited reservoir of nasty,
> dislikable
> characters. While she worked the traditional
> detection mystery,
> many of her books are bleak about the human animal.
> For me,
> Christie is definitely not light entertainment.
>
> On the other hand, her characterization is not very
> deep, probably
> because characters had to serve her devilish plots
> and her
> rhythm requires quick rotation of characters.
>
> Best,
>
> MrT
>
>
>
>

===== Doug Bassett dj_bassett@yahoo.com

                
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