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Portrait image of Yasmina Khadra Foto: Ola Erikson / Forflex

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Khadra, Yasmina

Pseudonym used by the French-Algerian author Mohamed (sometimes spelled Mohammed) Moulessehoul, born at Kenadsa in the northern Algeria part of the Sahara. His mother was from a nomad family, his father an army officer. Moulessehoul was sent by his father to a cadet school, and in 1975 he started officer’s training college after which he spent 36 years in the Algerian army reaching the rank of m...

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Am Hunter

Gender: Male

Pudgy, good-humoured and middle aged Ambrose ”Am” Hunter works at a travelling funfair (when he’s not playing poker). He used to be, among other things, a private detective, which is why his nephew, Ed Hunter, seeks him out: Ed’s father – Am’s drunken brother – has been murdered. Together they solve the case, as well as a number of other cases, in a series of highly praised, humorous and soft-boil...

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