The story was both anticipated and dreaded by Agatha Christie fans worldwide, many of whom still refuse to read it, as it is known to contain Poirot’s death.Ĭhristie wrote it during World War II, as a gift for her daughter should she not survive the bombings, and it was kept in a safe for over thirty years.
Poirot’s final case, a mystery that brings him and Hastings back to Styles where they first solved a crime together. Already responsible for several murders, X, Poirot warns, is ready to strike again, and the partners must work swiftly to prevent imminent murder. Though aware of the criminal’s identity, Poirot will not reveal it to the frustrated Hastings, and dubs the nameless personage “X”. TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case”, a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, has been released by Mahi Publications in Tehran.įereshteh Shayan is the translator of the book first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1975.Īrthritic and immobilized, Poirot calls on his old friend Captain Hastings to join him at Styles to be the eyes and ears that will feed observations to Poirot’s still razor-sharp mind.
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