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Sample of authors
Coben, Harlan
Harlan Coben is an American author who grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey. He graduated from Livingston High School in 1980, and in 1984 he was awarded an MA in Political Science from Amherst College, Massachusetts, where he was also a prominent basketball player. He then worked as a guide at his grandfather’s travel agency before becoming a full-time author.
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Literary figures
Mac (Cyril) McCorkle
Gender: Male
After the Second World War, during which he was an officer in a special force in Burma, Cyril ‘Mac’ McCorkle uses his savings to buy a bar in Bonn. Unfortunately, he agrees to let Mike Padillo buy a share of the business, and Padillo is (albeit unwillingly) a spy and executioner for an American secret service. Which leads to McCorkle being caught up in a number of dramatic events in books by Ros...