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Portrait of Stieg Trenter Stieg Trenter (right) with
the photographer K.W. Gullers
Photo: Carl Erik Sundström / TT (1958)

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Trenter, Stieg

Stieg Ivar Trenter, born Stig Ivar Johansson, grew up in Farsta, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. His father owned a general store. Although he did well, Trenter was never happy at school, and after graduating in 1931 he tried various professions such as office boy and working in an abattoir. He wanted to become an aviator, and he joined the air force, but he soon lost interest and he left after...

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Max Carrados

Gender: Male

He was born as Max Wynn, and become blind after an accident. A relative let him inherit a fortune on condition that he adopted the surname Carrados. He is tall and handsome, but unmarried, and he solves criminal cases as a hobby. Max Wynn Carrados’ other senses are extremely acute; he can, for example, read the paper with his finger tops, author Ernest Bramah (an alias for Ernest Smith) claims.

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