Sample of authors
Goodis, David
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have been labelled classics. This applies not least to his second novel, Dark Passage (1946), which was successfully filmed in 1947 with Laureen Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the starring roles. Goodis started his literary career by writing for pulp magazines and paperback pub...
Literary figures
Jonathan Wide
Gender: Male
Jonathan Wide has his roots in Småland, southern Sweden, and has been a detective with the Gothenburg police. He leaves his job, however, and becomes a private detective. In the background, there is a difficult divorce which has meant that he misses his children and drinks too much. Wide still has contact with his former colleagues, especially Sten Ard, with whom he cooperates in a couple of ...