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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
yes, i think that's true. in a few poirot novels there is a character named ariadne oliver ; she is a detective writer who created a finnish, vegetarian detective with many quirks. she spends quite a lot of time complaining about how sick of him she is and wondering what on earth possessed her to write such a character. i believe she is agatha's little inside joke allowing her to say how she feels herself about poirot.  |
She also has a scene with someone criticising Ariadne Oliver's books because it's completely unrealistic that someone should be murdered, and 3 or 4 people present at the scene having different motives for murdering them
. Yes, it's clearly Agatha Christie poking fun at her own books.