Agaton Sax

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Agaton Sax is a series of mystery books written by Nils-Olof Franzén and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The main character, Agaton Sax has a dog named Tikki and tracks down criminals such as Octopus Scott and Julius Musca. He is a short, round, Swedish man with a Meerschaum pipe who is a master of underwater ju-jitsu and of several obscure languages. He has a pronounced dislike of garlic. The novels are clearly an ironic pastiche of the detective genre - for example Agaton Sax's colleague, the hapless Inspector Lispington of the Yard, is clearly modelled on Inspector Lestrade of Sherlock Holmes fame. He has pipes for everyday of the week which he smokes when thinking. Books include:

Agaton Sax And the Diamond Thieves (1973) Agaton Sax And The Scotland Yard Mystery (1973) Agaton Sax And The Bank-note Robbers (1973) Agaton Sax And The Criminal Doubles (1973) Agaton Sax And The Colossus Of Rhodes (1975) Agaton Sax And The London Computer Plot (1975) Agaton Sax And The Haunted House (1975) Agaton Sax And The Big Rig (1976) Agaton Sax And The Max Brothers (1977) Agaton Sax And Lispington's Grandfather Clock (1978) Agaton Sax And The League Of Silent Exploders (1979)