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Black coffee : a novel / adapted by Charles Osborne from the play by Agatha Christie

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998Description: 188 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0002326620
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • Fic
Summary: "Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot - joined by old favourites Hastings and Inspector Japp - try to unravel a traditional Christie spy-cum-murder thriller in which we learn of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners, which is all resolved in typically unexpected fashion. Agatha Christie's first play, Black Coffee was first performed in 1930. It was made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Now Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie, has written a novel based on the play."--Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Cubao Branch Fiction Area Fiction Fic Os81b 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 125920d
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"Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot - joined by old favourites Hastings and Inspector Japp - try to unravel a traditional Christie spy-cum-murder thriller in which we learn of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners, which is all resolved in typically unexpected fashion. Agatha Christie's first play, Black Coffee was first performed in 1930. It was made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Now Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie, has written a novel based on the play."--Provided by publisher.

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