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Sample of authors
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in Marseille. In 1945, the family moved to Malakoff in the Paris area. In 1960, after finishing his upper-secondary education, he moved to Paris where he spent most of his life and where he read English at the Sorbonne.
Manchette joined the militant left during the Algerian War of...
Literary figures
Luther Trant
Gender: Male
Shortly after finishing his university studies, the young psychologist Luther Trant opens his own practice, not just as a psychologist but also as a private detective. He becomes very successful and is also respected by the police. He is of average height, athletically built and has thick, red hair and blue-green eyes. Unfortunately, the authors William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer only wrote one...