Agatha Christie (was: 24 hrs, was: Beedle the Bard)

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Kneasy wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/5166>:

<< As for the TV thingy, sounds as if she really is following in the
footsteps of that old fraud Aggie Christie: Bugger the clues, they're
only there as framing for this totally fascinating main character I've
invented. >>

Did Agatha Christie say that? Did Agatha Christie think that? I am
amazed and shocked because Christie was totally nothing at inventing
characters... I'll make an exception for Miss Marple, but all the
others, detectives, villains, victims, witnesses, red herrings, etc,
were something between cardboard and a wisp of smoke. The characters
in Barbara Cartland and Harlequin romance novels have more inner being
and more personality!

I suppose I should complete the revelation of what trash I read in my
teens and twenties by adding that quite a few characters in Marvel
Comics were realer than Christie characters.

Speaking of my teens and twenties, now I've been 50 for two months (as
of Monday) and it *still* doesn't feel any different from being 49.