Agatha
The Real Life of Agatha Christie
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- 12,99 €
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- 12,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
Agatha Christie: a life of mystery, invention and adventure
The life of Agatha Christie was as mysterious and eventful as her fiction. This insightful, surprising and definitive graphic novel traces the life of the Queen of the Whodunit from her childhood in Torquay, through a career filled with success, drama and adventure, to her later years as “Dame Agatha”. Revealing a side to Christie that will startle and delight many readers, Agatha introduces us to a free-spirited and thoroughly modern woman who, among other things, enjoyed flying, travel and surfing.
Centring around an episode in 1926 when Christie staged her own disappearance, Agatha is a fast-paced, intriguing and enlightening exploration of the twentieth century’s best-loved crime novelist.
“Agatha is a total delight. It’s almost as if she has fallen into the pages of one of Tintin’s adventures” –The Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month
About the authors:
Anne Martinetti has been an editor at French crime publisher Éditions du Masque for more than ten years. A specialist in Anglophone cinema and literature, she contributed to the definitive edition of Agatha Christie’s works. She lives in France.
Guillaume Lebeau is the award-winning author of 15 books, novels and graphic novels, including a biography of Stieg Larsson. He lives in France.
Alexandre Franc is a comics artist and illustrator, the author of numerous educational and children’s books. He lives in France.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Uncovering some of the hard truths in fiction, authors Martinetti and Lebeau and artist Franc (all prolific creators in France, where this was originally published) render a stirring tribute to one of the 20th century's most popular writers. The story of Agatha Christie's life is well-researched; the book even contains a timeline in the back. However, the authors are unafraid to take creative license, most noticeably and effectively with Christie's relationship with her characters, with whom she regularly has conversations. Her interactions with her most famous protagonist, Hercule Poirot, feel tense, comedic, and tragic all at the same time, demonstrating the friction between authors and the stories they're trying to tell. The emotions are gracefully expressed with just one or two lines of ink. Any admirer of Christie's fiction will benefit from reading this take on her actual life.
