(The Under Dog and Other Stories, 1951)

Un nipote scapestrato accusato di aver assassinato il ricchissimo zio, una sfortunata ereditiera pugnalata su un treno, un bambino minacchiato da una mortale maledizione di famiglia... Hercule Poirot, l'infallibile investigatore belga, non è solo il protagonista di alcuni indimenticabili romanzi ma anche di diversi straordinari racconti brevi ne quali, in poche pagine, Agatha Christie è riuscita a condensare tutta la tensione e la suspense delle sue opere maggiori. Questo volume comprende nove tra le più belle storie realizzate dalla regina del brivido, nove intricatissimi casi, apparsi su varie riviste tra il 1923 e il 1926, ne quali il buffo ometto dalle preziose e attivissime piccole cellule grigie riesce ad assicurare alla giustizzia alcuni tra i più perfidi e insospettabili criminali di tutta gli appassionati del giallo e una affascinante gara di intelligenza nella quale Agatha Chrstie dimostra, una volta per tutte che, nel mondo di Hercule Poirot, il delitto non paga.

Un fazzoletto usato.

Portero' il libro con me in Texas, prima per leggerlo e poi dopo averlo letto, sara' liberato... vedremo dove viaggera' dopo :) (difficile trovare i libri che NON siano in inglese in America, putroppo.. chi s'immaginava che uno portasse qualcosa da leggere in italiano dall Finlandia...?)

Amavo i Poirot quando ero giovane (tipo una 12enne). Poi avro' letto troppi gialli - anzi, solo troppi gialli che non erano proprio noir ma gialli del tipo old-fashioned, come Sjowall & Wahloo, or alcuni Miss Marple... e mi passo' la voglia di leggere gialli per un po'. Ed ora e' strano rileggere e riscoprire le storie di tanti anni fa. E le storie che sono piu' moderne (tipo Connelly, Nesbo, Mankell, Thompson 'il finlandese', Larsson, Soderberg ecc) che mi piacono molto di piu'.
Queste storie qua... Christie molto classiche senza dubbio. Volevo rivisitare il Poirot come lo immaginavo molti anni fa. Forse e' lo stesso Poirot e sono cambiata io? Non so; mi mancava qualcosa ma non so che...

Peccato che e' stato chiuso il cafe' qua che aveva l'OBCZ - perche' senza non e' pratico per i libri che non sono in inglese qua... ed ecco che il Poirot era rimasto tra i miei libri per un bel po'. Ora avrei due possibilita' per il rilascio; Irlanda tra qualche settimana (perche' d'estate ci si trovano sempre dei turisti), o Croazia - una mia amica ci va per una mini vacanza. Mi sa Croazia non sara' male per un libro bookcrossing in italiano che vuole andare in vacanza... ;)

On the way to Beth - this book told me it wants to travel to Croatia ;)
(A perfect place for it to catch a few next readers in Italian. Much better place for that than now an OBCZ-less city in US for sure).
Buon viaggio <3

Safe journey little book - I hope you'll make many new friends on your travels!

"Don't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read... "
— Neil Gaiman

To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!)
Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!

Received today from aetm -- just in time, as I'm packing my bags for a 2 week trip to Croatia and Montenegro :)

This one is definitely small and light, and will fit in cabin baggage :) I assume there are many Italian-speakers who visit Croatia, since it's so close -- so I'll plan to release this one in either Zagreb (the capital), or Plitvice Lakes National Park (where there are bound to be many tourists).

thank you!

I'm going to take this book with me on my upcoming trip to Croatia. I plan to release it somewhere in Plitvice Lakes National Park, or Zagreb. I'm not quite sure where I will release it -- but will make release notes as soon as I can after I do!

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To the finder of this book:

Hello and congratulations!

You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large.

I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book to let me know it's been found. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!).

Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did.

If you do choose to join Bookcrossing and make a journal entry, then you can watch the book as it travels -- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.

If you decide to join Bookcrossing, please feel free to indicate that I, BethanieKay, referred you when you set up your free online profile!

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single release!!

Happy Reading!

There is a huge book trading shelf in a room across from the bar. I left this book there. Happy travels, little book!