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Episode 98: Murder on the Orient Express

Episode 98: Murder on the Orient Express

FromBetter Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective


Episode 98: Murder on the Orient Express

FromBetter Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective

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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Jul 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

All aboard! This week we are bringing you a one way ticket...to murder! It's Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express. We talk about stabby eye-talians, big ole mustaches and detective fiction, and bust out some top-tier French accents. You'll feel like you're riding a bicycle built for two past the Eiffel Tower with a scarf made of cheese tied around your neck. Oui oui! This is particularly impressive when you consider that our heroic clue collector Hercule Poirot is Belgian. Who knew?
We read the Harper Collins edition (1990) and for more on Agatha Christie, film adaptations of her work, and the class politics behind Christie's popularity check out Eileen Jones's 2021 Jacobin article "The Crime of the Century."
Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at [email protected]. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.
Released:
Jul 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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