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Anthony Horowitz's life might
have been copied from the pages of
Charles Dickens or the Brothers Grimm.
Born in 1956 in Stanmore, Middlesex, to
a family of wealth and status, Anthony
was raised by nannies, surrounded by
servants and chauffeurs. His father, a
wealthy businessman, was, says Mr.
Horowitz, "a fixer for Harold Wilson."
What that means exactly is unclear "My
father was a very secretive man," he
says so an aura of suspicion and
mystery surrounds both the word and the
man.
As unlikely as it might seem, Anthony's
father, threatened with bankruptcy,
withdrew all of his money from Swiss
bank accounts in Zurich and deposited it
in another account under a false name
and then promptly died. His mother
searched unsuccessfully for years in
attempt to find the money, but it was
never found. That too shaped Anthony's
view of things. Today he says, "I think
the only thing to do with money is spend
it."
His mother, whom he adored,
eccentrically gave him a human skull for
his 13th birthday. His grandmother,
another Dickensian character, was
mean-spirited and malevolent, a
destructive force in his life. She was,
he says, "a truly evil person", his
first and worst arch villain. "My sister
and I danced on her grave when she
died," he now recalls.....
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