To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself... Anybody can have ideas, the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph. -- Mark Twain
Friday, September 6, 2013
Agatha Christie Rides Again
British author Sophie Hannah will be writing a new Hercule Poirot mystery. The Christie literary estate is owned and managed by her grandson Matthew Prichard and he has granted permission to use the famous character. I'll be reading this to see just how Hannah handles the material. I'd be completely intimidated at the thought of carrying on Christie's legacy.
Labels:
Vintage Mysteries,
Writing
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