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Sample of authors
Malet, Léo
French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his paternal grandparents. He left school at an early age and started to work, among other things, in a bank and in a factory. In his spare time he sold anarchist magazines. When he was sixteen he ran off to Paris where he tried to make a living singing at a cabaret in Montmartre ...
Literary figures
Am Hunter
Gender: Male
Pudgy, good-humoured and middle aged Ambrose ”Am” Hunter works at a travelling funfair (when he’s not playing poker). He used to be, among other things, a private detective, which is why his nephew, Ed Hunter, seeks him out: Ed’s father – Am’s drunken brother – has been murdered. Together they solve the case, as well as a number of other cases, in a series of highly praised, humorous and soft-boil...