Martin Suter, Frankfurt Book Fair 2012CC0 1.0
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Suter, Martin
The Swiss author Martin Suter was born and raised in Zurich. He began to write early, decided to make writing his livelihood, and at the age of nineteen he became a copywriter. In the 1970s, he travelled all over the world writing travel features for Geo magazine, he became a popular columnist, playwright and author of screenplays for film and television until he subsequently gave up writing...
Literary figures
Francis Pettigrew
Gender: Male
As a young lawyer he was seen as a rising star, but bad luck and unexpected problems led to Francis Pettigrew never becoming more than a bitter, mediocre barrister. After solving several murder cases, sometimes together with Detective Inspector Mallett, and marrying Eleanor Brown (who was half his age), his fortune changes and he can grow old in satisfaction, reports Cyril Hare (pseudonym for...