Photo Søren Bidstrup (2009) / Ritzau Scanpix / TT
Sample of authors
Bodelsen, Anders
Anders Bodelsen was a Danish author, journalist and critic born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg. He then lived in Klampenborg with his wife, Eva, who is a librarian. They were married in 1975 and got two daughters together. Anders Bodelsen’s father, C.A. Bodelsen, was a professor of English literature and his mother, Merete Bodelsen, a highly regarded art historian. Bodelsen g...
Literary figures
Dangerous Davies
Gender: Male
A worn-out, tired detective constable in London. His first name is unknown, everybody calls him ‘Dangerous’ which is pure satire, his creator Leslie Thomas carefully points out. ‘Dangerous’ Davies is single, middle-aged, shabbily dressed, has a grey face, rents a room from a strict elderly lady who forces him to let his St Bernhard dog, Kitty, live in a scrap car. But he nevertheless manages to so...