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Lethem, Jonathan

The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science fiction elements, and for his essays on American culture. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an artistic family. His father is the avant-garde artist Richard Brown Lethem of English-Scottish origin, his mother was Judith Frank Lethem who had a Polish, German and Russian...

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Gunnar Barbarotti

Gender: Male

His father was Italian, his mother Swedish – and one of the few things they were successful with was their son’s name. Gunnar Barbarotti is a police detective in the fictive Swedish town of Kymlinge. He is a reflecting gentleman with an everyday appearance who is unlucky in his relationships: his first wife leaves him, his second wife dies in the books by Håkan Nesser. When alone, Barbarotti has l...

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