HOWEVER, at some point, Fraser loses track, and, in the last chunk of the book, this African sounds a lot like an Indian :-( (By the way, Fraser’s Indian accents are pretty good, managing to stay away from the all too common, racist “bidi bidi” accent. His Black African (but not South African) accent starts off sounding like a decent representation of commonalities among many of those accents. The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at 3.00. His American accent is all right, but not quite good enough to fool Canadians or Americans. Hickory Dickory Dock is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 31 October 1955 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in November of the same year under the title of Hickory Dickory Death. The 1950s were not as conservative as we in later generations have been taught to believe! Overall, this is another great, interesting, enjoyable novel :-) This time, however, Hugh Fraser’s voicing of characters falls short, including one which ends up sounding racist. Like earlier Agatha Christie novels, this one provides an interesting glimpse into the time in which it was written. Normally, a mere outbreak of petty thefts in a youth hostel wouldnt be enough to interest the great detective Hercule Poirot. Great book, but Hugh Fraser’s accents go awry
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