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Charteris, Leslie
Leslie Charteris was born in colonial Singapore as Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin. His father, Suat Chuan Yin, was a wealthy physician and company manager who claimed he was related to an ancient Chinese imperial family. Charteris' mother, Lydia Florence Bowyer, was English. Young Leslie was educated at home and on the many journeys he made with his parents; he claimed to have toured the world three...
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Gender: Male
A Danish journalist and private detective, whose name is never actually mentioned in the 13 books about him that Dan Turèll has written. The Nameless is an ordinary, rather worn-out gentleman who lives on his own in a boring flat and comes across crimes in shabby settings, inhabited by odd people. He solves cases with the help of Superintendent Ehlers – and the beautiful lawyer Gitte Bristol, wh...