Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide

£55

Illustrated By Michael Philip Dunbabin

A delectable collector’s edition of Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide joins the Folio Society crime library. With exquisite illustrations by Michael Philip Dunbabin.

Sparkling Cyanide

£55
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingThree-quarter bound in blocked cloth, with a printed and blocked textured paper front board
Plain slipcase
Dimensions9 inches x 5¾ inches
FontSet in Bell with Kabel as display 
Pages248 pages 
AuthorAgatha Christie
Illustrated ByMichael Philip Dunbabin
IllustrationFrontispiece plus 6 full-page colour illustrations 
Publication Date15/03/2022
Editor's Notes
 
Murder is the unwanted dinner guest in the Agatha Christie classic, Sparkling Cyanide. Widely regarded as the queen of Golden Age crime, Christie brings all of her considerable skills to bear on this dark and passionate story of love, greed and obsession. With a cast of satisfyingly dubious suspects and a particularly spectacular death at its heart, Sparkling Cyanide’s meticulously plotted surprises will have readers racing to the end to discover the truth. The first-ever illustrated edition, this new title in the Folio Agatha Christie collection features seven full-colour images by artist Michael Philip Dunbabin and a splendidly illustrated binding. Val McDermid described Christie’s books as ‘the gateway drug to crime fiction’, and whether you are connoisseur of Golden Age mysteries or a new fan looking to build their library, Sparkling Cyanide is sure to prove irresistible.

Winner in A141 American Illustration, at the American Illustration and American Photography (AI-AP).

About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Illustrator

Michael Philip Dunbabin

Michael Philip Dunbabin is an artist from the northwest of England. He grew up immersed in pop culture, with a special fondness for cinema, literature and music. Having initially studied fine art painting at Manchester Metropolitan University, he slowly started to move towards the world of digital illustration, bringing with him some of the techniques and textures from his painting background. His style is influenced by everything from comic books to Hugues Merle.

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About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and is the author of over 80 works, including detective novels and short stories, 19 plays, and six novels published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920 and introduced the world to Hercule Poirot, who would become one of the most popular fictional detectives since Sherlock Holmes (as would another of Christie’s sleuths, the amateur detective Miss Marple). In 1952 her play The Mousetrap premiered in London’s West End and has run continuously ever since. Christie’s books have sold more than two billion copies in over 100 languages (said to be outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare), and have been adapted many times for film and television. She was made a dame in 1971 and died in Oxfordshire in 1976. In 2013, she was voted the greatest crime writer of all time by the Crime Writers’ Association.