Sample of authors
Bodkin, M. McDonnell
Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish barrister, journalist, Irish nationalist and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his autobiography and for creating a family of fictional detectives that consist of Paul Beck, his wife Dora Myrl and their son who is also called Paul Beck.
Bodkin was born to a devoutly Catholic family in Galway, Ireland. His father was a physician. Bodkin studied law...
Literary figures
Aristide Pamplemousse
Gender: Male
He is obliged to resign from the police after a scandal which included a large number of ballet girls. Aristide Pamplemousse maintains his innocence, not least in front of his wife Doucette, and becomes a food-tester for a restaurant guide. He travels together with his bloodhound Pommes Frites around France in a suite of farcical detective stories by Michael Bond, eats, and solves murder case in...