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Sample of authors
Vachss, Andrew H.
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long Island. His mother read extensively to him as a child, and he started to collect books as a teenager. One of his eyes was damaged in a playground accident when he was seven years old, and although he was not blind in that eye, he wore an eye patch to exclude unsettling light...
Literary figures
Cockie Cockrill
Gender: Male
His first name is not mentioned in the books by Christianna Brand (pseud. for Mary Lewis), but Cockrill is called "Cockie" by his friends and colleagues. He is an older gentleman, short – described as “bird-like” – with brown eyes, thick eyebrows and white hair. A widower for many years, he usually wears a raincoat with his hat askew, and solves his cases with great patience while chain-smoking se...