When it comes to detective fiction, few can match Agatha Christie’s spectacular success or her prolific oeuvre. In a career that lasted 55 years, Christie wrote 66 detective novels, 14 short story collections, including the world’s longest-running play (The Mousetrap) and created two of the most famous detectives of the genre. I think that characterises all of Poirot books, particularly Murder on the Orient Express,” says Devadawson, who also heads the department of English at DU. A certain emotional closeness, whether familial or professional, which defines the communities in Christie’s novels is also something Indian readers best connect to, feels Devadawson. “At the heart of Agatha Christie novels is this terrible crime: the termination of human life.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2017 04:07 UTC