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Portrait image of W. Somerset Maugham Photo: 1929 Bassano/Camera Press / TT

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Maugham, W. Somerset

William Somerset Maugham was a British author born in Paris. His father was a lawyer at the British Embassy there. When Maugham was eight years old, his mother died of tuberculosis, two years later his father died of cancer and the boy was sent to live with his uncle, the Vicar of Whitstable in Kent. Maugham suffered from a serious stammer, he was shy and avoided speaking in public; unlike his...

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Jonas Mørck

Gender: Male

When the reader first gets to meet him, he is a detective sergeant with the Danish Rejsehold – a sort of Danish FBI – but he gets older in the books by Danish author Poul Ørum, and eventually retires, although he still continues to be involved in murder investigations. Jonas Mørck is a dutiful and conscientious police officer, and after the death of his wife he has a deep understanding for peopl...

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