The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie 阿加莎写作纪实
2000-7
HarperCollins
Osborne, Charles
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A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie --
revised and updated edition Agatha Christie was the author of over
100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been
translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and
Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded.
Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her
motivations or the reasons for her popularity, have usually failed.
Charles Osborne, a lifelong student of Agatha Christie, has
approached this most private of persons above all through her
books, and the result is a fascinating companion to her life and
work. This 'professional life' of Agatha Christie provides
authoritative information on each book's provenance, on the work
itself and on its contemporary critical reception set against the
background of the major events in the author's life. Illustrated
with many rare photographs, this comprehensive guide to the world
of Agatha Christie has been fully updated to include details of all
the publications, films and TV adaptations in the 25 years since
her death.
Charles Osborne was born in Brisbane in 1927. He is known
internationally as an authority on opera, and has written a number
of books on musical and literary subjects. He is addicted to crime
fiction and recently adapted Agatha Christie's plays Black Coffee
and The Unexpected Guest into novels.
可以说阿加莎迷写的长篇书评，中间略穿插一点传主的个人生活---书评部分很直接，小的漏洞都会提出来；传主生活都是浮光掠影，而且写得特别谨慎含蓄---不过即使这样，还是可读性挺强的。