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“A grade-A plot – the best Christie in years”
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"A grade-A plot -- the best Christie in years" San Francisco Chronicle
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At 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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At 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Format:Paperback
If I was to give a general overview of this novel it would sound like a classic Christie whodunnit: the big country house, the strange upper-crust family who all suffer from chronic emotional repression, tortured relationships, the victim found dying by the swimming-pool, and his murderer found standing over him with the gun in her hand. And, of course, M Poirot is conveniently staying down in the village. But all that would be doing Dame Agatha a disservice. Because in 'The Hollow' she has created something much more complex than that. The characters are far more multi-dimensional than you would think at a first glance (except perhaps for Veronica Clay, who is just a stereotypical selfish movie diva). The most striking example of this is her portrayal of Lucy Angkatell, the eccentric matriarch of the family. At first it looks as though Lucy is just going to be a tiresomely loveable "batty" character, but there is a disturbing, almost inhuman, darkness just below the surface, which confuses and unnerves her family when they glimpse it. (And let's face it, there is something decidedly odd about a person who views somebody being murdered in their garden as a bit of welcome light-relief to the usual daily round!). Also, in her portrayal of Henrietta Savernake, the sculptress, the author shows how single-minded the creative person often has to be. Poirot himself seems rather subdued in this story. Dame Agatha herself reputedly hated this book, because she felt Poirot ruined it. He doesn't of course, but he does seem strangely lost and ethereal without his usual good friends, Captain Hastings, Miss Lemon, and Inspector Japp around him. There is a peculiarly haunting quality to this novel.
Format:Paperback
I wasn't very happy with the publisher because the incident it mentions doesn't occur until a third of the way into the book. I personally would rather not know, as I kept on waiting for the 'murder' to happen.
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Different to the usual Christie, less characters but with better character developement. In some ways it reminded me of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I wish Christie had written books like this, but perhaps 'plot' was what her readers wanted most. But it proves what a accomplished writer she was.
To the book...
Different to the usual Christie, less characters but with better character developement. In some ways it reminded me of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I wish Christie had written books like this, but perhaps 'plot' was what her readers wanted most. But it proves what a accomplished writer she was.
Format:Paperback
Loved this book. Loved the language, the description / juxtaposition of cold and warm persons, of Midge and Edward being the salt of the earth, and John's devotion to his patients and medical research for Ridgeway's disease. I love Henrietta, her intelligence, her wit, and her courage. I think reading Agatha Christie is such a wonderful thing as it's not just about murder, or solving mysteries, but the psychology of people, their hidden secrets, their fears, desires, loves, and their despair. It's a sad book. It made me cry a lot. Agatha Christie doesn't judge, she doesn't say, Henrietta or John are terrible people for having affairs. Both are great people with faults and flaws. It made me so sad to think John was killed because it meant a stop/intervention at the further development of Ridgeway's disease, and perhaps Mrs ... will die. It's sad as Henrietta really loved him, and will have no one else to love and be close to. But death often makes people stronger, and wiser. Like Edward, he realised that without John Christow Henrietta will still not love him. And brave, warm Midge was able to escape her impoverished life and find Edward her protector and love. I love it when good people get together! Lucy is just crazy ... Anyway, one of my favourite books that describes love and people more than the murder. My other favourite Poirot book is 'Death on the Nile'. Enjoy!
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The Hollow
Rather a weak plot by Agatha Christie's normal standards in which Poirot plays little more than a cameo role. Fans of Poirot's methods of deduction will be disappointed.
Published 20 months ago by JS Whitmore
Psychological Christie....
A typical Agatha Christie novel - murder, suspects, hardly/no witnesses and of course genius in the form of Poirot. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2008 by sam hrt
Brilliant classic murder mystery
The Hollow is bordering on the classic murder mystery style (there's even a suspicious butler. The plot puts nearly every character in the light of suspicion. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2006 by Barnaby
Follow Me Down to the Hollow, Where We Shall Wallow in Blood
Mrs. Christie has set out to write a novel - and she has succeeded. The characters who populate the typical country-house 'The Hollow' are vivid and believable, motivated by love,... Read more
Published on 28 April 2001 by hacklehorn
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