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Boyd, William

The British author William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana. His parents were scots, his father, a doctor, and his mother, a teacher, moved to The British Gold Coast in 1950, and Boyd grew up in a house full of black servants. The British Gold Coast became independent Ghana when he was five years old, and the family moved to Nigeria, whose independence in 1960 was followed by military coups and...

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Charles Honeybath

Gender: Male

He has a rather expressionless appearance, but is well established as an artist. Above all, Charles Honeybath is known as a portrait painter. Unfortunately, now and then he happens to stumble across bodies, which leads to him unwillingly having to act the amateur detective. He lives in London, and on one occasion works together with his creator Michael Innes’ most famous problem-solver, D...

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