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Portrait of Jakob Arjouni Foto: Peter Peitsch (2009) / www.peitschphoto.com

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Arjouni, Jakob

Pseudonym for the German author and dramatist Jakob Bothe. He was born as Jakob Michelsen in Frankfurt am Main as the son of dramatist Hans Günter Michelsen and publisher Ursula Bothe, and later formally adopted his mother’s surname as his own. He grew up in Frankfurt and Ober-Roden in Hesse, matriculated from the Odenwaldschule elite school in 1983 and subsequently settled in Montpelier in Fr...

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Wilkins

Gender: Male

An English Chief Inspector without a first name, in three amusing puzzle solver crime pastiches by James Anderson. Inspector Wilkins is middle aged, short and a bit wide around the waist. He has a heavy, black moustache, a deep voice and, most of the time, a troubled look. He speaks Russian and French, reads Dostoyevsky, solves The Times’ crossword-puzzle during breakfast, as well as murder c...

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