The ridiculousness wasn't in conceiving a character whom everybody hates, but in having everybody kill him, in a kind of ritualized firing squad except with knives.
I give Christie credit for the audacity of the idea. I'm sure that after having written so many mysteries, she must have had a list of "bet you can't" ideas, such as the one where they all did it, the one where the detective is the murderer, etc.
Or the one where the narrator is the murderer.
I don't give her credit. What she should have realized is that if she had to come up with so many contorted ideas, she was writing too many mysteries.
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Date: 2008-05-07 03:53 am (UTC)I give Christie credit for the audacity of the idea. I'm sure that after having written so many mysteries, she must have had a list of "bet you can't" ideas, such as the one where they all did it, the one where the detective is the murderer, etc.
Or the one where the narrator is the murderer.
I don't give her credit. What she should have realized is that if she had to come up with so many contorted ideas, she was writing too many mysteries.