Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris, born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of charming antihero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint."...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 May 1907
In 1939 I hadn't even realized that this was an immigration problem.
About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly.
approaches avoided desire fanatical line somewhat whatsoever
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation.
argued best detective logically man qualified review
In fact, it could logically be argued that the man best qualified to review a detective story is an established detective-story writer.