Swigatha

Swigatha came about as the result of a re-read by me of all the books by Agatha Christie that I had first encountered as a child. These books were all in paperback editions, published by Fontana and Pan in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, and most of them were second-hand. Swigatha contains a review in chronological order of each book, including a brief look at the plot, then the characters and the attitudes of the characters at the time, supported by many quotations from the text. Each one is given a totally subjective Swigatha rating, a what-happened-next item and a few notes about some of the on-screen adaptations. It Is designed to be either read in sequence, or dipped into once a reader has finished the relevant book so that they can compare their own impressions and ratings with those of Swigatha. The review also considers the actual book itself: its front and back covers, its condition and so on, and there are colour images of each one.