tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post6665268190904674210..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: “Venom, to thy work!” How Agatha Christie committed her murdersJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-56723658424159642432016-03-21T19:11:37.705+05:302016-03-21T19:11:37.705+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.madraskaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950814593117445934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-69737950297073417232016-03-20T08:47:59.634+05:302016-03-20T08:47:59.634+05:30Yes, saw it quite recently in fact - after having ...Yes, saw it quite recently in fact - after having missed it a couple of times at film fests around the time it came out...Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-7266453303483616742016-03-20T03:13:50.711+05:302016-03-20T03:13:50.711+05:30 I am a Christie buff and a Chem major but I think... I am a Christie buff and a Chem major but I think I too will not like those chemical-laden sentences.<br /><br />Also have you seen Shubo Mahurat -- the Bengali movie inspired by The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side?madraskaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950814593117445934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-74598765581060034942016-03-16T10:26:47.060+05:302016-03-16T10:26:47.060+05:30thanks, will look out for the book. Yes, that'...thanks, will look out for the book. Yes, that's quite a well-known episode - there was a (largely fictional) film made about it too, with Vanessa Redgrave as Christie and Dustin Hoffman as a journalist. <br /><br />Harkup's book has a list of all the 14 novels/stories discussed - it's right there on the contents page, with the poison names...Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-75366001521062730022016-03-16T09:29:46.509+05:302016-03-16T09:29:46.509+05:30So, interestingly, I am reading a book titled &quo...So, interestingly, I am reading a book titled "When Hitler took cocaine and Lenin lost his brain" (you should read it), and there is a chapter about how Ms. Christie disappeared for 11 days and was discovered in a hotel where she had checked in under her husband's mistress' name. They never quite figured out what that was all about. <br /><br />And now I have to add this book to my list. I hope she has a list of the books she references so one can read up in advance and be prepared.Deepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219562673830710247noreply@blogger.com