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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425173909
ISBN number: 0425173909
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: March 01, 2000
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: October 05, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 50700
Studio: Berkley
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Product Description:
The Queen of Crime at her murderously clever best. After the reading of a will, one female relative is banished from the family tree-with eight blows of a hatchet. Poirot believes she won't be the last to go.
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I had probably read "After the Funeral" before, but I often use whodunits as bedtime escape fiction reading and forget the details not long after finishing them. So I was happy to pay a few bucks to read this one on my Kindle.
I agree with the reviewers who think this is neither the best nor the worst of the Poirot novels. I enjoyed the way the British class system played into the plot, and appreciated Christie's way with the different characters in the extended family at the heart of the book.
My Kindle edition of "After the Funeral" came with extra content. I didn't find this mentioned on the product description page, so it was a pleasant surprise.
The very first bonus item - an "E-book extra" is an annotated list of all of Christie's Poirot novels and stories. I found it very helpful.
The other extra was an essay by Charles Osborne which was adapted, somewhat awkwardly I thought, from his book The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie.
The book displays nicely on the Kindle; I no longer take this for granted after looking at a poorly formatted nonfiction book that displayed much more white space than words and being grateful I'd only acquired the sample and hadn't paid for the thing.
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What "improvements" have been made for the Bantam edition? There are already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins (AFTER THE FUNERAL) and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There are further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are further additions still in the Signet, Berkley, and Black Dog & Leventhal editions. For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice. What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
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I'M AN AVID CHRISTIE FAN AND I COULD NOT WAIT TO DEVOUR THIS BOOK. WHAT GOT ME WAS THE TITLE AND AS I READ ON THE BOOK DID NOT DISAPPOINT UNTIL CLOSE THE END WHEN THE KILLER WAS EXPOSED.IN THE USUAL STYLE OF AGATHA CHRISTIE IT WAS A TOTAL SUPRISE! IF YOU LIKE A GOOD MYSTERY WITH LOTS OF SUSPECT THEN YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK
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Agatha Christie had true talent when it came to spinning masterpieces. Her legendary Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot used his shrewd logic to defeat many criminals when microscopes and labs were used in other mysteries, taking the reader on a rid of their life as he tracked clues and interviewed the suspects.
When Richard Abernethie dies and his family meets at the funeral, one person is certain that he was murdered. But when Cora, the one who knew something falls to the same fate as her brother, fingers start to point and everyone is in shambles unable to produce a clear alibi. Nieces and nephews, the servants and even strangers who were at the wrong place at the wrong time seem to hide something and it's not too soon when the famous Poirot, disguised as potential buyer of the Abernethie mansion is called to sort out the mess.
"After the funeral" was a complex and delightful read because it wasn't as simple as most books, this tale had so many guilty suspects that the hard part was weeding out the only one person responsible for the death while omitting more than a few blue herrings and characters of mixed morals. Poirot outdoes himself relying heavily on his use of conversation, talking about nothing and everything to catch a phrase out of context and secure his bait. I adored the wide array of characters, the feuding family, snobby and marred with flaws as they made for a colorful read with one of the best twisted endings I have ever read. The story itself was simple yet it spiraled into a huge event, one that I loved sitting and reading for a few days, and always trying to find more time to devote to it. Following the fun I had with this book I am going to read another Poirot mystery "Hallowe'en Party" in hopes of sharpening my detective skills, perhaps this time I can catch the killer on my own!
- Kasia S.
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The revelations from chapter to chapter will take your mind twisting and turning down many possible paths. While After the Funeral is not in the class of Murder on the Orient Express or Death on the Nile, it is a captivating effort none the less. Recommended.
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