[spiderjerusalem]

Ha! I grew up in a small (by Indian standards) city in India and our school library for some reason had tons of Agatha Christie. I think I read like 80% of all published Hercule Poirot books between the age of 10-15.

[john-tells-all]

Maybe that is a global phenomenon :) I had the identical experience, in a high school near Washington, DC, USA.