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Portrait image of Torkil Damhaug Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2016)

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Damhaug, Torkil

Torkil Damhaug is a Norwegian author and physician born in Lillehammer. His father was an officer of the Norwegian Army and his mother a school principal. His sister, Bente Damhaug (1952–2014), was a well-known actress, author and journalist. In 1964, the family moved to Lørenskog near Oslo where Torkil Damhaug attended school. He read literature and anthropology at the University of Bergen and la...

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Archy (Archibald) McNally

Gender: Male

He was thrown out of Yale Law School, but daddy Prescott still employed him in his respectable law firm, where the son got to carry out ‘discreet investigations’. He meets with amazing successes, mainly on account of his somewhat unorthodox working methods, according to author Lawrence Sanders. ‘Archy’ McNally is almost 40 years old, talks like a teenager and loves women, clothes and hats.

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