Comments on: Our Year Of Agatha Christie Covers: 5: Postern Of Fate

By: jeff w

jeff w — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:34:12 +0000

My AlteRnative theorY: the cover’s Just anOther red herRing. Dame Agatha ofteN filleD her storIes with them. DoN’t get toO hung up on the deTail. In the novel Tuppence finDs an allegatIon of murder and a clue to the killer’s idENtity within the pAges of a children’s sTorybook. One’s enjoyment of the rest of the book rather depends on whether you enjoy a leisURely wallow in long monologues revealing AbsoLuteLY nothing.

By: lex

lex — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:18:15 +0000

The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English OTM

By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør

pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:42:17 +0000

does it have a “go-between” vibe to it, the cover really reminds me of that film

By: Pete Baran

Pete Baran — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:13:32 +0000

Turns out to be her last book, a Tommy and Tuppence vs the 1970’s! According to The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English, this novel is one of the “execrable last novels” where Christie “loses her grip altogether”.

By: lex

lex — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:33:15 +0000

the postern of fate book is REALLY ASTONISHINGLY BAD btw!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:56:48 +0000

I think this cover is effectively creepy! Rub title tho. They’ve managed to make the horse look halfway between paint peeling on an old rocking horse and a vaguely rotting actual horse - ugh but effective. I know nothing about the book but is this her wanting to make you think a murder mystery is in fact a ghost story?