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    • Dead Man's Folly is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October 1956 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 November of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.95 and the UK edition at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6). It features Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver. … See more

    Plot summary

    Poirot is invited to Nasse House in Devon by crime-mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, who is staging a Murder Hunt as … See more

    List of characters

    Hercule Poirot, the Belgian private detective
    Ariadne Oliver, the celebrated author
    • Inspector Bland, the investigating officer… See more

    Originally publishedOctober 1, 1956
    GenreMystery · Fiction · Crime · Classics · Detective · Mystery Thriller · Murder Mystery · British Literature · Thriller
    Literary significance and reception

    Anthony Quinton began his review column in the Times Literary Supplement of 21 December 1956, writing, "Miss Agatha Christie's new Poirot story comes first in this review because of this author's reputation … See more

    Adaptations

    The novel was made into a film with Peter Ustinov and Jean Stapleton starring as Poirot and Oliver in a 1986 adaptation set in the present day. It was shot largely on location at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire.
    John Moffatt starred … See more

    Publication history

    • 1956, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), October 1956, Hardback, 216 pp
    • 1956, Collins Crime Club (London), 5 November 1956, Hardback, 256 pp
    • 1957, Pocket Books (New York), Paperback, 178 pp… See more

    External links

    Dead Man's Folly at the official Agatha Christie web site
    Dead Man's Folly (1986) at IMDb
    Dead Man's Folly (2013) at IMDb
    Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly game at I-Play web site… See more

     
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