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Sample of authors
Akunin, Boris
Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of the Russian writer and translator Grigory Chkhartishvili of Georgian-Jewish origin. He was born in Zestaponi, Georgian USSR. His father was an officer and his mother a teacher. When Chkhartishvili was two years old, the family left Georgia and moved to Moscow where he grew up and attended school, majoring in English. Having become fascinated by Japanese culture...
Literary figures
Wilkins
Gender: Male
An English Chief Inspector without a first name, in three amusing puzzle solver crime pastiches by James Anderson. Inspector Wilkins is middle aged, short and a bit wide around the waist. He has a heavy, black moustache, a deep voice and, most of the time, a troubled look. He speaks Russian and French, reads Dostoyevsky, solves The Times’ crossword-puzzle during breakfast, as well as murder c...