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Portrait image of Jørn Lier Horst Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex

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Horst, Jørn Lier

A Norwegian former police officer who in the 2000s became one of Norway’s most popular crime-fiction writers among adult as well as younger readers. He was born in Porsgrunn in Telemark as Jørn Lier Olsen, and grew up in nearby Bamble. Already in his youth he showed an interest in writing, and was the editor of various school and student magazines, including at Bamble upper secondary school wh...

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Handsome (Bonifacius) Kusak

Gender: Male

He is tall and broad-shouldered, and looks like a film star – which is what he dreams of becoming. But Bonifacius ‘Handsome’ Kusak – his surname is sometimes written as Kuzak, and in Swedish translations he is called ‘Snyggis’ – is a photographer with little money who travels around with his colleague ‘Bingo’ Riggs and is forever getting into difficulties which force them to be detectives in books...

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