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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...
Literary figures
Spenser
Gender: Male
Former state police officer who was sacked for disobeying orders, and who has instead set up his own business as a hard-boiled private detective in Chicago. Robert B. Parker has written a whole row of novels about Spenser, whose first name is never mentioned. He is very strong, violent and – in fact – interested in cooking. For many years he has had a relationship with school psychologist Susan Si...