Wednesday, May 20, 2009


NEWS FRIOM LONDON
Agatha Christie is set to break a third record
for the book with the thickest spine in the world

Date: Wednesday 20th May, 2009
Time: 10.15am for 10.30am

The Gallery, third floor
Foyles Book Shop
113-119 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0EB

On Wednesday 20th May, the book with the thickest spine in the world – the Collected Miss Marple by Agatha Christie - will be launched and judged by Guinness World Records ™. The limited edition book has a staggering 4,032 pages, a spine over a foot thick and weighs more than 8Kg. They retail at £1,000 each.

Agatha Christie’s grandson Mathew Prichard will be present, as well as bestselling author Kate Mosse - who has written an introduction to the book and is a lifelong Christie fan - an Agatha Christie ‘expert’ and the publisher, HarperCollins.

Agatha Christie already holds two world records – for the longest running play, The Mousetrap – and as the best-selling novelist of all time.

To confirm your attendance please contact
Jane Acton or Lucy Chavasse at Colman Getty
Tel: 020 7631 2666 or at email: jane@colmangetty.co.uk / lucy@colmangetty.co.uk

Contacts on the day: Lucy Chavasse on 07876 528902 and Jill Cotton 07838 14499

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