Five Little Pigs
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Five Little Pigs is an Agatha Christie detective novel in which Hercule Poirot reopens a 16-year-old murder case by reexamining the conflicting testimonies of five key witnesses.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInSeries | Agatha Christie's Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Murder in Retrospect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateTitleUsedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCaseType | murder ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInvestigationMethod | interviews and written accounts GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Moving Finger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAccusedCharacter | Caroline Crale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInvestigation | reassessment of past conviction ⓘ |
| hasMurderVictim | Amyas Crale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryGenreMovement | classic whodunit ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Detective Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | multiple conflicting testimonies ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | retrospective investigation ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of differing perspectives on the same events ⓘ |
| numberOfKeyWitnesses | 5 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Five Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus | reopening of a 16-year-old murder case ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Body in the Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Belgian detective Hercule Poirot series ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins Crime Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Hercule Poirot novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationStar | David Suchet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
justice after long delay
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memory and reliability of testimony ⓘ |
| timeGapBetweenCrimeAndInvestigation | 16 years ⓘ |
| toldThrough | accounts of five witnesses ⓘ |
| workOf | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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