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Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
Master of the hard-boiled detective story
Dashiell Hammett
American writer
James M. Cain
American novelist
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author and critic
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
American writer