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Desmond Bagley

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British writer (1923-1983)

United KingdomJournalistsLived 1923 to 1983 · aged 59
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Desmond Bagley was an English journalist and novelist known mainly for a series of bestselling thrillers.

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Desmond Bagley was an English journalist and novelist known mainly for a series of bestselling thrillers. He and fellow British writers such as Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean set conventions for the genre: a tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary hero pitted against villains determined to sow destruction and chaos for their own ends.

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United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1983 · aged 59
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15 languages

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