There's going to be a new Poirot novel

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• JAS84 Posts: 7,430

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  06/09/13 - 03:17 #2

  I wonder what David Suchet thinks? This is one more story for him to film after all.

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• chuffnobbler Posts: 10,771

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  07/09/13 - 00:04 #3

  I think this might have been a key factor in the decision-making process ...

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• Granny McSmith Posts: 19,622

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  08/09/13 - 03:37 #4

  Who is writing it?:eek:
  
  I can't believe the AC estate has sunk this low. (I don't know why I can't believe it, after seeing what they've allowed to happen to some of the TV adaptations).:(

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• woot_whoo Posts: 18,030

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  09/09/13 - 20:01 #5

  "Crime novelist and poet Sophie Hannah will write the as-yet-untitled book, which will be published in September 2014."
  
  Considering how Christie ended her Poirot novels, I'm not sure how on earth this is going to be accomplished. It will have to be set before 'Curtain'.

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• Fink-Nottle Posts: 60,209

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  09/09/13 - 20:16 #6

  woot_whoo wrote: »

  "Crime novelist and poet Sophie Hannah will write the as-yet-untitled book, which will be published in September 2014."
  
  Considering how Christie ended her Poirot novels, I'm not sure how on earth this is going to be accomplished. It will have to be set before 'Curtain'.

  
  Well before: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/04/hercule-poirot-agatha-christie-sophie-hannah
  
  Sebastian Faulks is writing a Jeeves and Wooster novel, switching from Ian Fleming to PG Wodehouse!

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• sherisgirl Posts: 2,413

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  11/09/13 - 20:08 #7

  She apparently lives in or near Cambridge as she was on local radio the other day talking about it, AC family have comissioned her, must be getting short of money apparently AC had a 4 year break from Poirot, between the Blue Train and another book, and thats where this new book will slot in, she said she is not bringing hjim back from the dead or anything.

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• chuffnobbler Posts: 10,771

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  12/09/13 - 15:36 #8

  A 4yr break after Blue Train? Interesting. Thanks for that. Mind you, the Poirot continuity is a bit mental: he's retired in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), but back from retirement in subsequent novels. Of course, Curtain was written in the 40s and feels like it is set there, but comes right at the end of his life ... trying to tie up Poirot continuity is not an easy task.
  
  This is purely money-driven, and I doubt Mathew Pritchard's motives. Bearing in mind he's Agatha's only living relative and had the rights to Mousetrap signed over to him when he was a schoolboy, he cannot be short of a few bob. Some of the TV adaptations have been total abortions, so any claims to him keeping a close eye on granny's reputation must be taken with a pinch of salt.
  
  Agaths's facebook page has a 90% negative response to this news.

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• ravensborough Posts: 5,188

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  13/09/13 - 14:51 #9

  I love Agatha Christie and Sophie Hannah is a fantastic writer, but I'm not sure about this. Some things are just better left alone.

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• Swanandduck2 Posts: 5,502

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  19/09/13 - 16:43 #10

  I think it's a terrible idea. First the ridiculous 'Marple' adaptations, some that bore very little resemblance to the original stories, and now this. There's a reason why Agatha Christie was such a successful writer and people should just leave her work alone.

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