Five Little Pigs
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A masterwork of the classic detective genre, Five Little Pigs presents Hercule Poirot with a cold case of extraordinary complexity: a celebrated painter was poisoned sixteen years ago, his wife was convicted of the murder and died in prison, yet his daughter refuses to believe her mother was guilty. Poirot's investigation takes a brilliantly unconventional form, as he interviews five key witnesses — each corresponding to a pig from the nursery rhyme — and collects five separate written accounts of the same fateful day, each colored by memory, bias, and emotion. Christie masterfully illustrates how the same events can be perceived in entirely different ways, turning the novel into a profound meditation on truth and subjectivity as much as a puzzle to be solved. The tone is measured and psychologically rich, rewarding readers who savor character study alongside ingenious plotting. Widely regarded as one of Christie's finest achievements, Five Little Pigs stands as a testament to her unrivaled ability to construct an airtight mystery from the shifting sands of human recollection.
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, The Agatha Christie Collection
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A masterwork of the classic detective genre, Five Little Pigs presents Hercule Poirot with a cold case of extraordinary complexity: a celebrated painter was poisoned sixteen years ago, his wife was convicted of the murder and died in prison, yet his daughter refuses to believe her mother was guilty. Poirot's investigation takes a brilliantly unconventional form, as he interviews five key witnesses — each corresponding to a pig from the nursery rhyme — and collects five separate written accounts of the same fateful day, each colored by memory, bias, and emotion. Christie masterfully illustrates how the same events can be perceived in entirely different ways, turning the novel into a profound meditation on truth and subjectivity as much as a puzzle to be solved. The tone is measured and psychologically rich, rewarding readers who savor character study alongside ingenious plotting. Widely regarded as one of Christie's finest achievements, Five Little Pigs stands as a testament to her unrivaled ability to construct an airtight mystery from the shifting sands of human recollection.