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Sample of authors
Deighton, Len
The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked in a hotel kitchen. He was a boy when he helped his father as a volunteer during the London Blitz. After leaving school he worked briefly as a railway clerk, and at the age of seventeen he joined the Royal Air Force Special Investigation Branch as a photographer. He then...
Literary figures
Magersfontein Lugg
Gender: Male
A genuine Cockney, with an entertaining, imaginative slang language. He was previously a burglar, but gets a job as a butler in the home of Margery Allingham’s classic detective Albert Campion. Lugg’s knowledge of England’s criminals and the investigative missions he carries out, are of great use to Campion; however, neither Campion nor his police friends want to hear any details about Lugg’s work...