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Portrait of Tarquin Hall Photo: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images (2007)

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Hall, Tarquin

British author and journalist born in London. He had a varied education, attended a number of different educational institutions and took several degrees in various subjects. When he was eighteen, Tarquin Hall decided he wanted to become a journalist, and since his mother was American, he went to the United States where he worked in a hotel and at a ranch while he tried to pitch his articles to...

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Ludwig Licht

Gender: Male

An odd character, he started his career as an agent for Stasi, moved over to the CIA and then tried to make his way in the restaurant business, but instead became a freelance spy. Thomas Engström has created an anti-hero in Ludwig Licht, whose father was a Nazi. He is addicted to alcohol and amphetamines, is always irritated and usually looks rather the worse for wear and in need of a haircut – ‘l...

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