Why Agatha Christie?
Agatha Christie isn’t just popular with your nan, she’s popular in the second-after-Shakespeare-and-the-Bible-and-the-Koran kind of way. The Independent asks why, and spouts this conclusion, by way of Barry Forshaw, editor of British Crime Writing; An Encyclopedia:
“There is no single author out there who manages to translate so well into so many different languages. She keeps the language fairly straightforward and simple but the plots are constructed incredibly well, like a finely tuned machine. Then there are the settings. She writes about an England that people nurture in their minds even if it never really existed and that is something that appeals to both British readers and worldwide fans.”
