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Sample of authors
MacLean, Alistair
The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair MacGill-Eain (his Gaelic name was anglicised by the British authorities). His father was a Church of Scotland minister. While the author was still a baby, the family moved to a farm near Daviot in the Highlands. After the death of his father, his mother returned to Glasgow with...
Literary figures
Willie Garvin
Gender: Male
The orphaned Willie Garvin ran away from an English children’s home when he was 14 years old. He became an international vagabond and supported himself as a Thai boxer when the leader of a criminal gang, Modesty Blaise, became aware of him. He became her trusted companion even after they had left their criminal life behind them, and instead work for the British Secret Service in the books by P...