A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie

Robert Barnard

Collins, 1980 - Literary Criticism - 203 pages

Contents

• PREFACE: 7
• II: 18
• The Road to Mayhem Parva: 27

About the author

Robert Barnard 1936-2013 Robert Barnard was born in Essex, England on November 23, 1936. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was a professor. His first novel, Death of an Old Goat, was published in 1974. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 40 books including A Cry from the Dark, The Bones in the Attic, Posthumous Papers, Death in a Cold Climate, Sheer Torture, Political Suicide, The Missing Brontë, The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori, and A Charitable Body. He also wrote an illustrated biography of Emily Brontë and A Brontë Encyclopedia, compiled with Louise Barnard. He received numerous awards including the Nero Wolfe, Anthony, Agatha, Edgar and Macavity Awards. In 2003, he won the CWA Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of achievement. He died on September 19, 2013 at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie
• Author: Robert Barnard
• Publisher: Collins, 1980
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: May 16, 2008
• ISBN: 0002161907, 9780002161909
• Length: 203 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Mystery & Detective