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Greene, Graham

Henry Graham Greene was a British author and journalist born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who became one of the foremost names in the history of 20th century English literature. His parents, who were first cousins, both came from a large and influential family, Greene’s father was a teacher and headmaster at Berkhamsted School. Greene had five siblings, his brother Hugh became head of the BBC a...

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Evan Tanner

Gender: Male

Tanner is an agent working for a service that is so secret that not even the CIA knows about it, they take him for a Soviet spy. When he first appears in a novel by Lawrence Block, Tanner has not slept for the past ten years due to having sustained a severe brain injury in the Korean War. He is cryogenically frozen in 1970, thawed up in 1997 and continues to pursue his career as a tough, smart...

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