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Sample of authors
MacLean, Alistair
The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair MacGill-Eain (his Gaelic name was anglicised by the British authorities). His father was a Church of Scotland minister. While the author was still a baby, the family moved to a farm near Daviot in the Highlands. After the death of his father, his mother returned to Glasgow with...
Literary figures
André Brunel
Gender: Male
Wealthy French private detective, living in a country mansion which is managed by his butler Prosper. André Brunel is about 35 years old, of average height, with neatly barbered hair which has started to go grey on his forehead, and has a rather square-set pale face. He is primarily interested in cases which seem to be inexplicable or supernatural and he solves them through logical deduction in ...