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O'Donnell, Peter
Peter O’Donnell was a British author born in Lewisham, London, to an Irish family. His father was a well-known crime reporter. O’Donnell attended Catford Central School in London, but he soon dropped out and began to write for youth magazines. In 1936, at the age of sixteen, he was employed to write comic strips.
He was drafted in 1938. During the first few years of his military service he was st...
Literary figures
David Small
Gender: Male
He is a rabbi in a conservative Jewish congregation in Barnard’s Crossing, a Boston suburb. David Small, created by Harry Kemelman, is a short man with an ordinary appearance and who often wears creased clothes. He is married to Miriam and has two sons, Jonathan and Hepsibah. He is also an original amateur detective who bases his logical reasoning on the religious writings of the Talmud.