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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie.(Review)(Brief Article)
From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20000501
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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie. Charles Osborne. HarperCollins. [pounds]16.99. 421 pages. ISBN 0-00-257033-5. The author of this companion is better known for his books on opera including The Complete Operas of Verdi and for his biography of W. H. Auden but he is also a devotee of crime fiction and Agatha Christie. The writer left behind her over 100 plays, short stories and novels and her popularity shows no sign of lessening. What constitutes a 'companion' is open to discussion. Some are really dictionaries; some ...
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