Agatha Christie: Power and Illusion

R.A YORK was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK and University College London. In 1969 he joined the University of Ulster, UK, eventually becoming Emeritus Professor of European Literature. He has published on European, British and American literature, with a special interest in literary form and language.

Ackowledgements Introduction The spectacle of death The wrong angle Actors and imposters Human nature The self and the other Change and decay The war of good and evil Clues The myth of crime The real and the unreal The culture Curtain: a conclusion Bibliography Index