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Craven, M.W.
British crime writer, born in Carlisle in Cumbria, England. When M.W. (Michael William) ‘Mike’ Craven was still a child, the family moved to Newcastle in Tyne and Wear, where he grew up. As a 16-year-old, he tired of school, and – mainly by chance – joined the army. He spent the next ten years moving from place to place in military service, but says himself that most of his time was occupied with...
Literary figures
Aristide Pamplemousse
Gender: Male
He is obliged to resign from the police after a scandal which included a large number of ballet girls. Aristide Pamplemousse maintains his innocence, not least in front of his wife Doucette, and becomes a food-tester for a restaurant guide. He travels together with his bloodhound Pommes Frites around France in a suite of farcical detective stories by Michael Bond, eats, and solves murder case in...