One old and one new book both swam into my ken in the last week. First up, the New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie. This is a US publication and second edition printed in 1991 and I came across it at the NSPCC book sale which I attend each year. Came home with 27 books. I know I know....
This one cost me the princely sum of £1 and I am dipping into it already and then having to tear myself away as I know if I don't that will be it for the rest of the day and I am off on hols tomorrow and have Things to Do. There are copies of this available on Amazon for 1p plus postage so off you go.
Then, by coincidence, Agatha Christie on Screen by Mark Aldridge arrived courtesy of my indefatigable postie who has delivered more parcels to me than he can remember. Apparently, at the local sorting office when post for me arrives they cry 'Hello here is another one' which I find rather funny. At least I know that I will never have misdirected mail.
The publication date of this had changed quite a bit and emails from Amazon kept fluttering in my in box like leaves from Vallembrosa apologising for the delay. Felt like saying please don't worry, it is not as if I haven't got anything to read'..
So another quick gander and then put down quick shows me that I am going to lurve reading this. First section is the Silent Adventures and lo and behold Harley Quinn had a silent film made in 1928. Love the Harley Quinn books, something slightly spooky about them, and there was a German version of The Secret Adversery (Die Abenteur GmbH) made in 1929. This is the kind of pointless bits of information that I love to know about and hoard away.
Then Poirot comes to the Silver Screen starting in 1931 and then onto television and so on and so on. It is all looking totally fascinating and am looking forward to getting stuck in with this during the cold and dark evenings.
At the NSPCC book fair I also picked up one of those hideous Pan paperbacks of the sixties of Crooked House, a superb stand alone by Dame A, and a crime club imprint of Mrs McGinty's Dead. I feel a Christie fest coming on......
