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Freitag, 14. September 2018

Agatha Christie: Hardboiled Philosopher

Agatha Christie is the Queen of Crime, a well known poison aficionada, and quite possibly the most homicidal novelist who ever lived, yet rarely is her legacy connected with the hardboiled tradition, that dark noble literature born of existential philosophy, midcentury ennui, and the American West’s booming trench coat industry. Instead, Christie and her works are lumped in on the side of order and justice. A quick perusal of her archives and quotation collections  indicate that a large portion of the population looks to her for a sense of hope, optimism, and encouragement, even. But running just underneath that inspirational surface is a bubbling lava field of darkness, one that permeates every aspect of Christie’s work, her characters, and her prose. In honor of the great woman’s birthday (she was born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, England), we’ve rounded up a small collection of Christie’s darkest, bleakest, most cynical, Bogart-chewing-on-glass quotes. Together they give us a surprise ending, a final twist of just the variety Christie herself made so famous: Agatha Christie is, after all, one of the most noir authors who ever lived and wrote.
Enjoy these pithy, world-weary lines, grab the nearest gimlet, and raise a glass to the Queen of Crime. All crime. The coziest damn noir you ever read.

“Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.”
An Autobiography (1977)

“One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave—our own self.” —A Daughter’s a Daughter (1952)
“Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.” —And Then There Were None (1939)
“Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend.”
—The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1920) ... [mehr] https://crimereads.com/agatha-christie-hardboiled-philosopher/



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