Pierre Daninos

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Pierre Daninos (May 26, 1913 - January 7, 2005) was a French writer and humorist.

He wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954. Many sequels followed. Like the original, they pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France. They were witty collections of comparisons between French and British society. Also the author of Un Certain Monsieur Blot, a critique of French middle class taste and habits.

Pierre Daninos was the brother of the industrial Jean Daninos, responsible for the Facel Vega luxury cars.