British author mentioned recently in The New Yorker

Robert Bethune wrote:
 > In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
 > profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to toss
 > out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or the
 > name of his detective. The detective is a character like Raffles--very
 > stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc., very witty,
 > debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author was the same
 > way; people used to think the books were authobiographical. The author
 > was married three times, died in poverty, has a long name that sounds
 > sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody happen to remember this profile and can
 > clue this clueless guy in? Thanks!

Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
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John Dean <john-dean DeleteThis @frag.lineone.net> wrote in article
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 > Robert Bethune wrote:
  > > In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
  > > profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to toss
  > > out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or the
  > > name of his detective. The detective is a character like Raffles--very
  > > stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc., very witty,
  > > debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author was the same
  > > way; people used to think the books were authobiographical. The author
  > > was married three times, died in poverty, has a long name that sounds
  > > sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody happen to remember this profile and can
  > > clue this clueless guy in? Thanks!
 >
 > Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
 > --
 > John Dean
 > Oxford
 >



Could be Charteris I guess and his character "The Saint". Charteris was
Eurasian and had a very active varied life. A very handsome man I imagine
he had a lot of romantic affairs but according to imdb he was only married
once - go to :- <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio</a> for details - and I
believe he was quiet well off financially when he died.

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David Matthews wrote:
 > John Dean <john-dean.RemoveThis@frag.lineone.net> wrote in article
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  >> Robert Bethune wrote:
   >>> In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
   >>> profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to
   >>> toss out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or
   >>> the name of his detective. The detective is a character like
   >>> Raffles--very stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc.,
   >>> very witty, debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author
   >>> was the same way; people used to think the books were
   >>> authobiographical. The author was married three times, died in
   >>> poverty, has a long name that sounds sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody
   >>> happen to remember this profile and can clue this clueless guy in?
   >>> Thanks!
  >>
  >> Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
  >> --
 >
 >
 > Could be Charteris I guess and his character "The Saint". Charteris
 > was Eurasian and had a very active varied life. A very handsome man I
 > imagine he had a lot of romantic affairs but according to imdb he was
<font color=purple> > only married once - go to :- <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio</font" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio</font</a>>
 > for details - and I believe he was quiet well off financially when he
 > died.
 >

And here it says he was married four times. Who can we trust?
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/charteri.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/charteri.htm</a>
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John Dean <john-dean DeleteThis @frag.lineone.net> wrote in article
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 > David Matthews wrote:
  > > John Dean <john-dean DeleteThis @frag.lineone.net> wrote in article
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   > >> Robert Bethune wrote:
   > >>> In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
   > >>> profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to
   > >>> toss out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or
   > >>> the name of his detective. The detective is a character like
   > >>> Raffles--very stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc.,
   > >>> very witty, debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author
   > >>> was the same way; people used to think the books were
   > >>> authobiographical. The author was married three times, died in
   > >>> poverty, has a long name that sounds sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody
   > >>> happen to remember this profile and can clue this clueless guy in?
   > >>> Thanks!
   > >>
   > >> Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
   > >> --
  > >
  > >
  > > Could be Charteris I guess and his character "The Saint". Charteris
  > > was Eurasian and had a very active varied life. A very handsome man I
  > > imagine he had a lot of romantic affairs but according to imdb he was
<font color=green>  > > only married once - go to :- <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio</font" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153546/bio</font</a>>
  > > for details - and I believe he was quiet well off financially when he
  > > died.
  > >
 >
 > And here it says he was married four times. Who can we trust?
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/charteri.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/charteri.htm</font</a>>
 > --
 > John Dean
 > Oxford



No-one it seems. Let's hope some Charteris expert will drop by and clear it
up.

Dave in Toronto












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"John Dean" <john-dean DeleteThis @frag.lineone.net> wrote in message news:<cmgcpn$9ja$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>...
 > Robert Bethune wrote:
  > > In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
  > > profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to toss
  > > out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or the
  > > name of his detective. The detective is a character like Raffles--very
  > > stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc., very witty,
  > > debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author was the same
  > > way; people used to think the books were authobiographical. The author
  > > was married three times, died in poverty, has a long name that sounds
  > > sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody happen to remember this profile and can
  > > clue this clueless guy in? Thanks!
 >
 > Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
Doubt it. I've not seen the article in question; Leslie was indeed
married four times (the last one for just over 40 years) but certainly
didn't die in poverty and I wouldn't have thought anyone would
consider his name, or his original name of Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin
as "sort of Anglo-Indian".

Ian Dickerson,
Honorary Secretary, The Saint Club
Author: A SAINT I AIN'T: The Authorised Biography of Leslie Charteris
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No, it's not Charteris. I already knew the Saint series, and this was
something new to me. So far I've visited two different libraries
without being able to come up with the right copy of The New Yorker.
Ah, well....

ian.dickerson.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com (Ian Dickerson) wrote in message news:<4083d41f.0411090743.21bda54c.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>...
 > "John Dean" <john-dean.TakeThisOut@frag.lineone.net> wrote in message news:<cmgcpn$9ja$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>...
  > > Robert Bethune wrote:
   > > > In one of the fairly recent issues of the New Yorker, they ran a
   > > > profile of a Brisith author of detective fiction. I've managed to toss
   > > > out the magazine and now I can't remember the author's name or the
   > > > name of his detective. The detective is a character like Raffles--very
   > > > stylish, always talking about food, clothes, etc., very witty,
   > > > debonair, enormously egotistical. Apparently the author was the same
   > > > way; people used to think the books were authobiographical. The author
   > > > was married three times, died in poverty, has a long name that sounds
   > > > sort of Anglo-Indian. Anybody happen to remember this profile and can
   > > > clue this clueless guy in? Thanks!
  > >
  > > Leslie Charteris? Though he was married four times.
 > Doubt it. I've not seen the article in question; Leslie was indeed
 > married four times (the last one for just over 40 years) but certainly
 > didn't die in poverty and I wouldn't have thought anyone would
 > consider his name, or his original name of Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin
 > as "sort of Anglo-Indian".
 >
 > Ian Dickerson,
 > Honorary Secretary, The Saint Club
 > Author: A SAINT I AIN'T: The Authorised Biography of Leslie Charteris
 > (2005)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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