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All About Agatha Christie

And Then There Were 53: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - Part 1 (The Text)

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This is a big one! So big, we decided to break it into two parts. This episode deals with the novel only; next episode we will tackle the three English-language adaptations and also touch on the feature film yet to be released, which looms darkly on the horizon.... Our ranking of this one is bound to be a bit controversial, and we'd love to hear any strong opinions you may have. But first, go get your sponge bag, your handkerchief, your pocket watch, your pipe cleaner, your scarlet dressing gown, and of course your passport (no smudges, please) and climb aboard the Simplon-Orient Express with Papa Poirot for this undeniable Christie "crown jewel" of a novel.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and drinking every single

0:09.8

mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie. I'm

0:14.6

Kemper Donovan. I'm Catherine Brobeck. And this week we bring you part one

0:19.6

that's right part one. Oh, tell me more.

0:23.2

Q Imagine Dragons.

0:25.0

Oh, no. The believer. The believer.

0:36.0

Cursus!

0:38.0

Murder on the Orient Express!

0:41.0

I'm twirling my kind of the brand-ass size mustache.

0:48.0

Your mustacheios.

0:51.0

That thing is definitely plural, whatever it is.

0:53.0

We are so excited to do Murder and the Oregon Express and have so much to discuss that we decided to do this in two parts.

1:00.0

This week we are only going to speak solely about the book.

1:05.0

We actually made a point of not even watching any of the adaptations that are out there.

1:10.0

So we are fresh on the book, but on nothing else.

1:13.7

And then next episode, we will be tackling only

1:17.2

the adaptations for this novel of which there are three.

1:21.4

And of course, the movie yet to come with Kenneth Brana and his aforementioned

1:26.0

Mustacheos in November.

1:28.0

We will also have a special guest joining us from England.

1:32.0

Yes, shall we share? Yeah, our dear friend Mark Aldred, he has written

1:37.4

the definitive text on Christie on screen. Which just happens to be the title as well of that definitive text.

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