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Sample of authors
Damhaug, Torkil
Torkil Damhaug is a Norwegian author and physician born in Lillehammer. His father was an officer of the Norwegian Army and his mother a school principal. His sister, Bente Damhaug (1952–2014), was a well-known actress, author and journalist. In 1964, the family moved to Lørenskog near Oslo where Torkil Damhaug attended school. He read literature and anthropology at the University of Bergen and la...
Literary figures
Jack Finch
Gender: Male
A taciturn, patient detective chief inspector in English Essex who solves his cases with the help of his knowledge of human nature, psychological insight and thorough police work in a suite of novels by June Thomson. Jack Finch – in the USA re-named as Jack Rudd – is unmarried and lives together with his sister. He finds it hard to have contact with women, often feels lonely and has a lot of sym...