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Blunt, Giles

Giles Blunt is a Canadian author, born in North Bay, Ontario, to English parents. He attended Scollard Hall, a Catholic primary school, and Algonquin Composite after which he read English literature at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975. He also wrote poetry in his spare time; some of his poems were published in Canadian magazines, which led to a job as a film...

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David Small

Gender: Male

He is a rabbi in a conservative Jewish congregation in Barnard’s Crossing, a Boston suburb. David Small, created by Harry Kemelman, is a short man with an ordinary appearance and who often wears creased clothes. He is married to Miriam and has two sons, Jonathan and Hepsibah. He is also an original amateur detective who bases his logical reasoning on the religious writings of the Talmud.

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