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Brown, Dan

Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and wrote textbooks, and his mother was a cantor. Both were active in their local Episcopalian church. Their three sons inherited their mother’s love of music and their father’s interest in puzzles, mysticism, ciphers and codes; there is an abundance of these in Dan Brown’s books...

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Ganesh Ghote

Gender: Male

A pleasant, if rather naïve police detective in Bombay, India, who has great respect for his self-important superiors and his temperamental, beautiful wife Protima. Ganesh Vinayak Ghote loves her and their son Ved – and his job. He is usually called in when a mysterious and bizarre crime has been committed, and with great patience – and quite a lot of luck – he finds the answers in a row of novels...

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