Mar·quand

(mär-kwŏnd′), John Phillips 1893-1960.

American writer who created the Japanese sleuth Mr. Moto and wrote comic novels about rich New England families, including Wickford Point (1939).

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Marquand

(mɑːˈkwɒnd)

(Biography) J(ohn) P(hillips). 1893–1960, US novelist, noted for his stories featuring the Japanese detective Mr Moto and for his satirical comedies of New England life, such as The Late George Apley (1937)

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Mar•quand

(mɑrˈkwɒnd)

n.

J(ohn) P(hillips), 1893–1960, U.S. novelist.

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