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‘The Beresfords are wonderfully revived. Smooth, beautifully paced, and effortlessly convincing.’
New York Times
‘Past and present interlock impressively… this is a genuine tour de force.’
Observer
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'The Beresfords are wonderfully revived. Smooth, beautifully paced, and effortlessly convincing.' New York Times 'Past and present interlock impressively! this is a genuine tour de force.' Observer
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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...and remember this is her last book. She uses her characters Tommy and Tuppence to say goodbye, and to go back to her early youth. The house they buy is the house she grew up in on the outskirts of Torquay (since demolished and built over with villas). In her mind, though, it still exists, and it still contains all her old toys and books. It also contains the past, always a Christie obsession. She loved to note how things changed and got forgotten - and how other things, like megalomaniac plans for running the world, were always coming back in different forms. T&T reminisce about all their old cases, and meet a couple of characters from previous books (Mr Robinson and Colonel Pikeaway). By delving in the distant past through the misty memories of old-age pensioners and the legends that have been handed down to the latest generation, our heroes find the "papers" various factions have been seeking for decades. A missing mastermind? A worldwide association recruiting vulnerable young people to commit deeds of violence? Is that so unlikely? After this novel, like Prospero, Christie put her toys back in their box.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The only reason I kept reading this book after the few initial chapters was that its written by Agatha Christie. I have always enjoyed her mysteries but this one was extremely boring and repetitive, wasn't much of a mystery anyway. I love the way Agatha Christie shapes her characters in other books but if one wants to keep admiring her genius, avoid Postern Of Fate.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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As a die hard Christie fan, and loving the previous four T&T books, I felt I had to slog through and finish this one, and although the whodunnit is answered after a fashion, I still don't know whydunnit. Christie wrote this one as an aged writer and it shows, with the main characters, themselves in their seventies, prattling on about nothing interesting or germane, and "witness" characters sounding like a visit with aged relatives who talk about people you have never met and they can't seem to quite remember. Although in the end we do find out who did the actual dastardly deed(s), it doesn't seem to matter; I won't type out a spoiler here as far as motive, suffice it to say it was very unsatisfying and confusing. Perhaps an English reader would get more out of it as there are references to what I think are actual historical events that happened in England, but I can only guess. If you are a fan of T&T by all means read this one as it is the last, but for all other Christie readers I say skip it.
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Badly Needs Editing
This dreadful mess of a book is in dire need of a good editor, I could quite easily rip out half the chapters, throw them in the bin and it would have no impact whatsoever on the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by evertheoptimist
Extremely disappointing
This book started promisingly, with the discovery of the secret message in the old book. The investigation of even such a long-ago murder could be a very satisfying mystery. Read more
Published 21 months ago by CrinkleCutChip
I LOVE This BRILLIANT Book
Postern Of Fate by Agatha Christie is an Excellent book and from reading reviews I think it is a misunderstood book, Yes Tommy and Tuppence go on about being old but that is... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2009 by Mr. P. Robinson
A real drag
A bit of a disappointment. This was the last book that Christie wrote and it shows: Tommy and Tuppence seem to make some reference to their age or the fact that things have changed... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by Ms. MacNeill
Is it really Christie?
As an Agatha Christie fan, I find it hard to believe she wrote this rubbish. It was very late in her career (and life), so maybe that explains the bitterness, dreary repetition,... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2007 by Peter in the Garden
Be very afraid!
If you are a diehard Christie fan who has already devoured most of her work, go out and buy this book, you know you'll have to read it sooner or later! Read more
Published on 9 April 2007 by C. Knowles
Odd but endearing
This is a very late Christie. She revisits her old childhood home, long since demolished, by having her characters Tommy and Tuppence buy it. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by Ms. L. R. Fisher
The last Tommy and Tuppence book (bu, hu)
I wish it were not so, but this is the final book in the Tommy and Tuppence series. I wish Christie had written more of them. Read more
Published on 20 April 2006 by bookaholic
Better inspired when less political
One of the most surprising novel by Agatha Christie I have ever read. No Poirot, no Marple, but Tommy and Tuppence. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2004 by Jacques COULARDEAU
Very disappointing end to the Tommy and Tuppence series.
The last book published before Christie's death turns out to be a big let down. The Beresfords have become tedious and the endless conversations about dogs are a huge turn off -... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2001 by W. O'NEILL
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