The Lonely God [short story]

by Agatha Christie

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Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories. Frank Oliver returns to England after years of overseas service only to realize he no longer knows anyone there. On visiting the British Museum, he encounters the “lonely god,” who seems to be experiencing the same sense of isolation he is. Will this strange deity help relieve him of his loneliness?… (more)

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Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories. Frank Oliver returns to England after years of overseas service only to realize he no longer knows anyone there. On visiting the British Museum, he encounters the “lonely god,” who seems to be experiencing the same sense of isolation he is. Will this strange deity help relieve him of his loneliness?

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In the British Museum, an idol of an anonymous god, rough-hewn out of grey stone, becomes an object of fascination, and a potential bond, between two lonely people.

In: Agatha Christie, The Harlequin Tea Set and other stories (New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997) pp. 87-106.

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