Getting Happy with Parker Pyne: The Case of the Discontented Soldier by Agatha Christie
All About Agatha (Christie)
English - March 02, 2018 22:23 - 31 minutes - 58.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 907 ratingsTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: And Then There Were 47: Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
Yes, we have another Christie detective to meet! But is he a detective at all? Let's explore this question along with an unfortunate "stuck in its time" element we were not expecting in this, the short story that introduced Ariadne Oliver to the world. At the very least we can say that Mrs. Oliver emerged fully-formed from Christie's head, clothed in all her self-deprecating, no-nonsense glory. (Perhaps she should have been named Athena Oliver?)