Photo: Steve Wood / REX / TT (1994)
Sample of authors
Thomas, Leslie
The Welsh author Leslie Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales. He is one of the most popular British late 20th century authors on account of his sensitive characterization and comical, often farcical, plots. Since most of his novels are set during and immediately after the Second World War they are less popular outside Britain.
Thomas attended school in Newport in 1943 when his father was...
Literary figures
Harry Hole
Gender: Male
Harry Hole is Jo Nesbø’s creation. Hole is immensely popular among readers even outside Nesbø’s native Norway. He is a police officer with a serious drinking problem and countless scars acquired in the line of duty. His methods are unconventional, he is headstrong and he is unpopular with both his superiors and his colleagues. The stories about him are more like hardboiled American thrillers than...