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The Pale Horse
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bookshelves: read2016, read2019, read2020, agathachristie
Nov 16, 2016
bookshelves: read2016, read2019, read2020, agathachristie
Read 3 times. Last read January 23, 2020.
Re-read in light of new tv adaptation coming out in Feb 2020 with Rufus Sewell.
With the material here, I can well see this being rather dark and scary... I’ll post more once I see it :O)
"Evil is nothing superhuman".`
As much as I love Poirot and Marple, there is something even more appealing to a Christie book with a totally unknown 'investigator'.
Mark Easterbrook senses all is not what it seems in a series of events that lead him to look into The Pale Horse. The narrative follows him as well as Detective-Inspector Lejeune in their queries about certain deaths that appear normal. But are they?
This is quite a dark novel but an enjoyable one, if just by the short presence of Ariadne Oliver. Christie does her thing beautifully, leading us down one path while in fact going in a totally different way. She also seems to have commented on 'appearance'. One always expect criminals, and 'witches', to appear grander than life, but as mentioned in the book, it is the ones who look totally ordinary that are the scariest.
With the material here, I can well see this being rather dark and scary... I’ll post more once I see it :O)
"Evil is nothing superhuman".`
As much as I love Poirot and Marple, there is something even more appealing to a Christie book with a totally unknown 'investigator'.
Mark Easterbrook senses all is not what it seems in a series of events that lead him to look into The Pale Horse. The narrative follows him as well as Detective-Inspector Lejeune in their queries about certain deaths that appear normal. But are they?
This is quite a dark novel but an enjoyable one, if just by the short presence of Ariadne Oliver. Christie does her thing beautifully, leading us down one path while in fact going in a totally different way. She also seems to have commented on 'appearance'. One always expect criminals, and 'witches', to appear grander than life, but as mentioned in the book, it is the ones who look totally ordinary that are the scariest.
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June 13, 2016
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November 15, 2016
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January 2, 2019
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January 23, 2020
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Nov 16, 2016 08:22AM
I always had a soft spot for Christie's non-Poirot or Marple books.
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Me too. One of my all time favourites is The Man in the Brown Suit and the Superintendent Battle 'series'
I too enjoyed this book even though Miss Marple is my favourite.
I loved "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
Need to read that one :0)
Did you see “Crooked House� over Christmas ?? Had quite a good cast.
I did but last year or whenever it was it came out. I remember liking it :0)
As to the idea of the ordinary looking criminals being the scariest, I loved the idea that the three witches in Macbeth should be played by relatively normal-looking country housewives to truly bring out their sense of impending evil. Christie often makes quite astute observations on Shakespeare. I can remember both Othello and Hamlet being alluded to in previous novels,
Steve wrote: "As to the idea of the ordinary looking criminals being the scariest, I loved the idea that the three witches in Macbeth should be played by relatively normal-looking country housewives to truly bri..."I think she learnt so much from experience, watching people and analysing all this. You remind me I need to read more Shakespeare...
