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Sample of authors
Thompson, Jim
James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee roots, of which the son was very proud. As an author, he went pretty much unnoticed during his lifetime: it was first in the 1970s that literary researchers started to discuss his books, and after his death, he has come to be acknowledged as one of the most important names...
Literary figures
Montague Egg
Gender: Male
A travelling salesman for a wine importer in England, and the main character in almost a dozen short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. The round-cheeked, red-faced and stable Montague Egg is a bachelor, always on the move, always very friendly and with the gift of the gab, and he wears a trilby. But he is also a skilled amateur detective, not least thanks to The Salesman’s Handbook which he often c...