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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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Miles Bredon

Gender: Male

A well-built, absentminded and somewhat lethargic private detective – in school, however, he was a promising runner – who has just one employer: an insurance company. Miles Bredon’s task is to investigate fraud, including life insurance cases. He is married to Angela, a quick-thinking conversation partner, who according to author Ronald A. Knox is ‘a little bit smarter’ than her husband. They have...

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