Sample of authors
Goodis, David
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have been labelled classics. This applies not least to his second novel, Dark Passage (1946), which was successfully filmed in 1947 with Laureen Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the starring roles. Goodis started his literary career by writing for pulp magazines and paperback pub...
Literary figures
Tromp Kramer
Gender: Male
In the very first books, he is a brusque, prejudiced gentleman for whom one can feel little sympathy, but author James McClure lets him gradually develop to the better. Tromp ‘Trompie’ Kramer is a large man and white and is employed by the crime squad of the police department in the fictive town of Trekkersburg in South Africa. He lives with the widow Fourie, and works together with his Zulu ser...