It
has been an honor, and I do not want to miss every single moment of it. But the
clock, it ticks. Such is the will of God.
Hercule Poirot, Curtain
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| Hercule Poirot |
Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of
Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one
play (Black Coffee), and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and
1975.
Poirot's name was derived
from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes' Hercule
Popeau and Frank Howel Evans' Monsieur Poiret, a retired Belgian police officer
living in London.
Poirot first appeared in The
Mysterious Affair at Styles (published in 1920) and exited in Curtain
(published in 1975). Following the latter, Poirot was the only fictional
character to receive an obituary on the front page of The New York Times.
More information: Hercule Poirot Webpage
By 1930, Agatha Christie
found Poirot "insufferable", and by 1960 she felt that he was a
"detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". Yet the
public loved him and Christie refused to kill him off, claiming that it was her
duty to produce what the public liked.
More information: Hercule Poirot inspired by Belgian gendarme
Poirot passes away from
complications of a heart condition at the end of Curtain: Poirot's Last Case. He had moved his amyl nitrite pills
out of his own reach, possibly because of guilt. He thereby became the murderer
in Curtain, although it was for the
benefit of others. Poirot himself noted that he wanted to kill his victim
shortly before his own death so that he could avoid succumbing to the arrogance
of the murderer, concerned that he might come to view himself as entitled to
kill those whom he deemed necessary to eliminate.
More information: Poirot's TV Series (Original English Version)
Ah,
Hastings, my dear friend.
They were good days. Yes...
they have been good days.
Hercule Poirot, Curtain
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