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I don’t think you should make so many off-colour jokes about him becoming a cuckold. You’re only getting away with it because he doesn’t know what it means.’ ‘That’s the beauty of the English language. One can wrap insults inside elegance, like popping anchovies into pastry.

Christopher Fowler

I don’t think you should make so many off-colour jokes about him becoming a cuckold. You’re only getting away with it because he doesn’t know what it means.’ ‘That’s the beauty of the English language. One can wrap insults inside elegance, like popping anchovies into pastry.

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About Christopher Fowler

Christopher Robert Fowler (26 March 1953 – 2 March 2023) was an English writer. While working in the British film industry he authored fifty novels and short story collections, including the Bryant & May mysteries, which record the adventures of two Golden Age detectives in modern-day London. He also wrote a psychological thriller, Little Boy Found, under the pseudonym L.K. Fox. His other works include screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio and stage plays.
Fowler's awards include the 2015 CWA Dagger in the Library (for his entire body of work), The Last Laugh Award (twice) and the British Fantasy Award (multiple times), the Edge Hill Prize and the inaugural Green Carnation Award. He was inducted into the Detection Club in 2021.