Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard

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Frédéric Dard, born Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, was a French writer and author of the San-Antonio series. He is one of the most famous French crime novels writers of the second half of the 20th century. He was also one of the most prolific, since he wrote more than 300 novels throughout his career. Under the pseudonym of San-Antonio (with the dash, which was originally a mistake), which he chose randomly with his finger on a map of America while he was looking for an English-sounding name for the famous police superintendent who is the main hero of his novels. San-Antonio is both in the case the main hero and the pseudonym of the writer, and books are written in the first person. Frédéric Dard wrote 173 adventures of San-Antonio, of which millions of copies were sold. A San-Antonio is likely to be found in any French household. Detective Superintendent Antoine San-Antonio is a kind of French James Bond without gadget, flanked by two colleagues, the old, sickly but wise inspector César Pinaud and the gargantuesque inspector Alexandre-Benoît Bérurier. He is a member of the French secret service and has to fulfill impossible missions given by "Le Vieux" (the Old Man), later known as "Achilles", the head of the French police. With the help of his colleagues he always succeeds through various adventures.

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San Antonio - tome 20
Representative edition published 2021
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Les salauds vont en enfer
Representative edition published 2021
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Les salauds vont en enfer
Representative edition published 2021
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Des nouvelles de moi
Representative edition published 2021
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Le dico Coluche
Representative edition published 2020
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The King of Fools
Representative edition published 2017
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Bird in a cage
Representative edition published 2016
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The wicked go to hell
Representative edition published 2016
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Du plomb dans les tripes
Representative edition published 2014
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San-Antonio
Representative edition published 2012
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Les clefs du pouvoir sont dans la boîte à gants
Representative edition published 2012
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Du bois dont on fait les pipes
Representative edition published 2012
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Le tueur en pantoufles
Representative edition published 2011
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Les deux oreilles et la queue
Representative edition published 2011
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San Antonio Tome 1
Representative edition published 2010
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San Antonio Tome 2
Representative edition published 2010
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San Antonio Tome 3
Representative edition published 2010
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Certaines l'aiment chauve
Representative edition published 2010
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Baise-ball à La Baule
Representative edition published 2010
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La pute enchantée
Representative edition published 2010
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Le silence des homards
Representative edition published 2009
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Tueur En Pantoufles
Representative edition published 2008
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On Demande Un Cadavre
Representative edition published 2008
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San-Antonio
Representative edition published 2007
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