Pierre Boileau (left) with Pierre Ayraud
Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match / Getty Images (1977)
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Boileau, Pierre
Pierre Boileau was one half of the partnership (and the brand) Boileau-Narcejac, which can best be described as French crime writing institution. The other half was Pierre Ayraud (writing under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac). Both authors wrote detective novels both independently and together, many of which were made into popular films. They were also prominent figures on the French literary...
Literary figures
Clinton Driffield
Gender: Male
He is a chief constable in England, aged about 35, a small thin man, sun-tanned, with a sharp eye, decisive mouth and neatly-trimmed moustache. He is usually accompanied by his ‘Watson’, Squire Wendover. Sir Clifford Driffield likes to dress conventionally, and has remarkably well-manicured hands and good teeth, according to author J.J. Connington (pseudonym for A.W. Stewart).