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Wheatley, Dennis
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and occult novels. He was born in south London to a family that owned a wine business. He started at Dulwich College, London, in 1908, but he was expelled a year later for his attitude to his teachers and interest in everything that did not have anything to do with his formal...
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Kriminallitteraturens internationella historia
By: Johan Wopenka
”Som den moderna detektivberättelsens upphovsman brukar amerikanen Edgar Allan Poe lyftas fram. Även om han är mest känd för sina skräcknoveller, skrev han ett antal korta kriminalhistorier där han lyckas få med en lång rad av de inslag som under första halvan av 1900-talet kom att dominera de s.k. pusseldeckarna. --- ”
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