Agaton Sax

Agaton Sax is the main character of youth book series " Master Detective Agaton Sax" by the Swedish writer Nils- Olof Franzén.

The book was used in the late 1970s as a template for the animated film " Private Agaton Sax" by the BBC ( voice actor: Kenneth Williams, premiere: April 16, 1979 ARD).

Agaton Sax is plump and research, but when it comes to criminology a genius. His ideas are whimsical and give the notation slightly parodic always a surprising turn. The style is written very figuratively and literally with many speeches, with place names - within England up to the - not really exist, but rather to similar sounding names to remember ( " Brosnien - Merzegowina "). In the stories Agaton works as a chief editor of a small daily newspaper in Biköping in southern Sweden and is engaged in " passing" as a detective. Agaton Sax mastered various self- defense techniques ( including underwater Judo ), is an accomplished ventriloquist, brilliant inventor and master of disguise. He speaks many languages ​​, including " Brosnisch " ( a corruption of the Bosnian ) and the largely forgotten " Grälisch " (another parody, in this case the Gaelic ).

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The heroes

  • Andreas Kark ( a brosnischer inventor with a magnetic steel shoe, he learns Agaton Sax first in " the league for silent explosives " to know and becoming the friend)
  • Joshua Lispington ( (Chief ) Inspector at London's Scotland Yard and friend of Agaton )
  • Aunt Tilda, which leads Agatons household

The villains

  • Professor Julius Mosca, head of several criminal organizations and almost as sharp as Agaton itself
  • Octopus Scott, the octopus of the London underworld
  • Anaxagoras Frank, chairman of the League for silent explosives
  • Mr. Gustavson, an extremely cunning villain, half Swede, half- Mexican

Volumes in the series

  • Volume 1: " The banknote forgers " (1955) ( " Agaton Sax klipper till" )
  • Volume 2: " The League for silent explosives " ( 1956) ( " Agaton Sax och the ljudlösa sprängämnesligan " )
  • Volume 3: " The nuclear -Cola Ltd. " ( 1957) ( " Agaton Sax och vita Möss - Mysteriet " )
  • Volume 4: " The Diamond Thieves" (1959) ( " Agaton Sax och de slipade diamanttjuvarna " )
  • Volume 5: "The old goatee " ( 1961) ( " Agaton Sax och det gamla pipskägget " )
  • Volume 6: "The Celebration Banquet" ( 1963) ( " Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud " )
  • Volume 7: " The dangerous brothers Max " ( 1965) ( " Agaton Sax och Bröderna Max" )
  • Volume 8: " The Missing Mister Lispington " ( 1966) ( " Agaton Sax och the bortkomne mr lispington " )
  • Volume 9: " The Missing billionaires " ( 1967) ( " Agaton Sax och de okontanta miljardärerna " )
  • Volume 10: " The tricky Rübenmusaffäre " ( 1970) ( " Agaton Sax och the svällande rotmos - affairs " )
  • Volume 11: " The hidden light machine" ( 1978) ( " Agaton Sax och the mörklagda ljusmaskinen " )
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