Mongo the Magnificent
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Dr. Robert "Mongo" Frederickson, a.k.a. Mongo the Magnificent, is a fictional private eye and criminologist who has dwarfism. His rather unusual nickname is actually his stage name, from his days as an acrobat in a circus (a career that is over by the time the book series begins). The books are written by George C. Chesbro, who also wrote The Golden Child, on which the movie of the same name was based.
The novels are usually classified as mysteries, but frequently contain strong elements of speculative fiction such as extra-sensory perception and cryptozoology.
In 2005, Greenlight Pictures announced that they would be producing a motion picture, An Affair of Sorcerers, based on the book of the same name in the Mongo series, and that actor Peter Dinklage would be playing the central role of Mongo.
