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Patrick Alexander (1926 – 1997[1] or 2003[2]) was a British novelist, thriller writer, journalist and screenwriter.

His novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal won the Crime Writers' Association "John Creasey Memorial Award"[3] and was filmed in 1981 as Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Stephen Hunter admits that Alexander's novel inspired his own novel Dead Zero and questions where the inspiration ends and the theft of Alexander's idea begins.[2]

Alexander was a chess fanatic; people in his novels often share his enthusiasm for the game. Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal features a "considerable description of a tournament" that chess player Stewart Reuben had organised.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

• Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal (1976)
• Show Me A Hero (1979)
• Soldier On The Other Side (1983)
• Ryfka (1988)

Screenplays

• Studio One (TV series) (1948)
• Der Verdammte (1957) (German TV movie)
• Passport to Shame (1958)
• De Veroordeelde (1959) (Dutch TV movie)

External links

• Patrick Alexander at IMDb

References

На других языках

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- [en] Patrick Alexander (writer)

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[ru] Александер, Патрик

Патрик Александер (англ. Patrick Alexander; 1926—1997[2] или 2003[3]) — британский писатель , журналист и сценарист.

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