Paperback 1155: Dell 6984 (1st thus, 1974)
Title: Poirot Loses a Client
Author: Agatha Christie
Cover artist: [William Teason]
Condition: 8/10
Value: $5
- Found her!
- Rube Goldberg's grandma-killing machine—surprisingly effective
- Well, the bad news is that grandma has come back from the dead. The good news is that her flexibility has improved considerably!
Best things about this back cover:
- Who Would Want to Kill a Nice Old Lady? A novice murderer, probably. Someone who's only just taken it up. An old lady seems like a good starter murder.
- Why are there always seven people and why are they always at a manor? You'd think they'd all have some kind of inkling, like "hey ... this feels ... kind of murder-y, right?"
- I want to read this just to find out why Poirot was (apparently) so horny for this client. "Poirot channels his sexual frustration ... into justice!"
Page 123~
"Poirot," I said, "I'll begin a sentence with 'Are you sure?' Are you sure you are not being carried away by professional zeal? You want it to be murder and so you think it must be murder."
To which Poirot replied, "Now I'll begin a sentence with 'Fuck off, you insufferable twit,' ..."
~RP
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A while back, I argued that Christie was a bad fit for the dramatic covers of the 40s to early 60s. I also said that the collage covers of the 70s would work better for her stuff. Now I'm not so sure.
ReplyDeleteThis is sort of transitional between the two. Each of the elements is really well done, but the way they're put together is baffling.