Best of books, worst of books
A bit more Agatha
In my last I stated somewhat boldly that Agatha Christie’s best book was in fact written under her Mary Westmacott pseudonym: The Rose and the Yew Tree, published in 1948. I made this statement behind the paywall but now, what the hell, here it is again.
The Rose and the Yew Tree is what they call ‘flawed’. It meanders, it over-abounds in ideas, it lacks…
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