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THE UNEXPECTED GUEST PB

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1977

Εκδότης Harper Collins , ISBN 9780008196677


A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal... A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.





When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story.





But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so, who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspects...





THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as `another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End, it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years.

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A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal... A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.





When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story.





But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so, who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspects...





THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as `another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End, it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Christie, Agatha, 1890-1977
  • Eκδότης Harper Collins
  • ISBN 9780008196677
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100011677
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας
  • Σελίδες 0
  • Διαστάσεις
  • Βάρος 350 gr

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1977

Συγγραφέας

Η Άγκαθα Κρίστι γεννήθηκε στην Αγγλία, στο Τορκί, το 1890. Είναι γνωστή κυρίως για τα αστυνομικά έργα της –εξήντα έξι μυθιστορήματα και δεκατέσσερις συλλογές διηγημάτων–, πολλά από τα οποία έχουν κεντρικό χαρακτήρα τον θρυλικό ντετέκτιβ Πουαρό ή την απαράμιλλη μις Μαρπλ. Έγραψε επίσης δύο αυτοβιογραφικά έργα, αισθηματικά μυθιστορήματα αλλά και θεατρικά, μεταξύ των οποίων το μακροβιότερο έργο στην ιστορία του σύγχρονου θεάτρου, την Ποντικοπαγίδα. Η Άγκαθα Κρίστι, που έχει τιμηθεί από τη Βασίλισσα του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου με τον τίτλο της Dame για τη συνεισφορά της στη λογοτεχνία, ανήκει στους δημιουργούς που διαμόρφωσαν καταλυτικά την εξέλιξη του αστυνομικού μυθιστορήματος. Παράλληλα, είναι η δημοφιλέστερη συγγραφέας όλων των εποχών, καθώς οι πωλήσεις των έργων της έχουν ξεπεράσει το ένα δισεκατομμύριο αντίτυπα στην αγγλική γλώσσα και άλλο ένα δισεκατομμύριο σε μεταφράσεις. Πέθανε το 1976. Από τις Εκδόσεις ΨΥΧΟΓΙΟΣ θα κυκλοφορήσουν σε νέα μετάφραση όλα τα αστυνομικά έργα της συγγραφέως. Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. More books by Agatha Christie

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