Now his inner thoughts were continually being shared with the reader and if all our inner thoughts were shared with others, we perhaps wouldn’t appear any better so I don’t want to be too hard on him but at times I wanted to say, “Good grief, man, do you want your bottle and soother?” 😀 The next book is a Tommy and Tuppence mystery. If he didn’t understand what Poirot was talking about, or Poirot wouldn’t share something with him, he’d have an internal sulk. In this book it was Hastings who bothered me. Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the result of a dare from her sister Madge who challenged her to write a story. Often I’ll read through a book and think that a particular character would drive me crazy whereas the characters in the books seem to take them in stride and to me are quite patient with them. I assume its because we’ve become more homogeneous so there is less tolerance for diversity (even though we claim otherwise). The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1990) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Ross Devenish Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Christopher Gunning Cinematography by Vernon Layton. I’ve noticed in older books that people tend to have more patience for different personality types than we do nowadays. I don’t think he means to be condescending, but it’s a trait he’s developed however he does treat people with some understanding, as if they’re small children who just don’t get it instead of having an impatient arrogance which I wouldn’t like. It was written on a bet that Christie couldn’t write a detective novel in which the reader couldn’t deduce the criminal.

He is a guest at Styles Court while on sick leave from. The Mysterious Affair at Styles isn’t just Agatha Christie’s first Poirot novel, it was the only Poirot novel in the public domain until 2019. Hastings Poirot's friend, and the narrator of the story. He lives in England after being displaced by the war in Europe. Poirot is rather fastidious and full of himself, but it’s realistic for someone as brilliant as he is to become that way. Hercule Poirot Renowned Belgian private detective.

The curious affair at styles