Agatha Christie, writes John Lanchester, ‘is the only writer by whom I’ve read more than fifty books. So – why?’
In the second of our summer readings, Lanchester dissects Christie’s compulsive readability, and considers why, despite her brazen lack of style, she was a great experimental formalist.
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Produced by Zoe Kilbourn; editing by Sarah Sahim
The Case of Agatha Christie
John Lanchester
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