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Fois, Marcello
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the University of Bologna, graduating in 1986. He still lives in Bologna, although he spends extended periods in Sardinia. Fois wrote his first novel in 1989, and after some difficulties finding a publisher it was published as Ferro recente in 1992. By that time Fois had...
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Nick Velvet
Gender: Male
He is a professional thief, but he only steals worthless objects to order. This means that author Edward D. Hoch gives him double tasks: partly to carry out the robberies, partly to work out why somebody wants to pay his very high fee to steal, say, water or dust. Nick Velvet is a well-dressed, handsome, worldly gentleman with a patient girlfriend, Gloria Merchant, at his side.