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Doctorow, E.L.

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was a pianist. He was named Edgar after Edgar Allan Poe. Doctorow read philosophy at Kenyon College, Ohio, graduating in 1952. He met his wife, Helen Esther Setzer, during his year at Columbia University. The couple was married in 1954 in occupied Germany where Doctorow served...

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Cliff Hardy

Gender: Male

Hard-boiled private detective in Sydney. Cliff Hardy was born in a poor working-class family, dropped out of his university studies and was an investigator for an insurance company before opening his own detective agency. Despite the fact that he usually dresses in shabby jeans and a leather jacket, he has many wealthy clients. He is a big man and in good condition, with coarse black hair and a...

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