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Portrait image of Tim Krabbé Foto: Robert Ahlbom / Forflex

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Krabbé, Tim

Hans Maarten Timotheus Krabbé was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he still lives. His father, Maarten Krabbé, and his grandfather Hendrik Maarten Krabbé where both well-known painters; his mother, Margreet Reiss, was a translator and author of travel books. Tim Krabbé’s brothers are the actor Jeroen Krabbé and the multimedia artist Mirko Krabbé. Krabbé was raised by his mother after his...

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Mike Hammer

Gender: Male

One of the most severely criticised literary figures of all times is Michael ‘Mike’ Hammer – a cynical, vengeful army veteran who completely lacks any sense of humour, a communist-hater and private detective, who is the protagonist in a row of bestselling novels by Mickey Spillane. Hammer’s only weak point is his love for his secretary Velda. This figure is in part loosely based on a real-life Tex...

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