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The Big Four
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- Author
- Agatha Christie
- First published
- 1927
- Editions
- 121
- Subjects
- Fiction, Mystery, Private investigators, Large type books, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Translations into Arabic, English Detective and mystery stories, English literature
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Key facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Cover artist
- Thomas Derrick
- Language
- English
- Series
- Hercule Poirot
- Genre
- Crime novel
- Publisher
- William Collins & Sons
- Publication date
- 27 January 1927
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
- Pages
- 282 (first edition, hardback)
- Preceded by
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Followed by
- The Mystery of the Blue Train
- Text
- The Big Four at Wikisource
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Encyclopedic overview
The Big Four is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 27 January 1927 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, and Inspector Japp. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
The structure of the novel is different from other Poirot stories, as it began from twelve short stories (eleven in the US) that had been separately published. This is a tale of international intrigue and espionage, therefore opening up the possibility of more spy fiction from Christie.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Big Four” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.