Ocho Casos de Poirot / The Under Dog and Other Stories

Regresa el detective belga más controvertido de la literatura Aquellos enormes y engomados bigotes, que combinado con su cabeza de huevo le dan tan cómico aspecto al detective Hércules Poirot, quedarán en segundo plano al demostrar su astucia con estos ocho casos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie's The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of short mystery fiction all featuring Hercule Poirot as the investigator. A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancée is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head. Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met--in a triumph of detection.

Nacida en Torquay en 1891, Agatha Christie recibió la típica educación victoriana impartida por institutrices en el hogar paterno. Tras la muerte de su padre, se trasladó a París, donde estudió piano y canto. Contrajo matrimonio en 1914 y tuvo una hija, pero su matrimonio terminó en divorcio en 1928. Dos años después, durante un viaje por Oriente Medio conoció al arqueólogo Max Mallowan, con quien se casó ese mismo año; a partir de entonces pasó varios meses al año en Siria e Irak, escenario de Ven y dime cómo vives (Andanzas 50, ahora también en la colección Fábula) y de alguna de sus novelas policiacas, como Asesinato en Mesopotamia o Intriga en Bagdad. Además del gran éxito de que disfrutaron sus célebres novelas, a partir de 1953 ganó celebridad con las adaptaciones teatrales de sus novelas en el West End londinense. En 1971 le fue concedida la distinción de Dame of the British Empire. Murió en 1976. Born in Torquay in 1891, Agatha Christie received a typical Victorian education from governesses in her father's home. After her father's death, she moved to Paris, where she studied piano and singing. He married in 1914 and had a daughter, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1928. Two years later, during a trip to the Middle East, she met archaeologist Max Mallowan, whom she married that same year; thereafter, he spent several months a year in Syria and Iraq, the scene of Come and tell me how you live (Andanzas 50, now also in the Fábula collection) and some of his detective novels, such as Murder in Mesopotamia or Intrigue in Baghdad. In addition to the great success enjoyed by his famous novels, from 1953 onwards he gained fame with the theatrical adaptations of his novels in London's West End. In 1971 she was awarded the distinction of Dame of the British Empire. He died in 1976.