Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Jean Lartéguy

Born: September 5, 1920
Died: February 23, 2011 (aged 90)
Bio: Jean Lartéguy was the nom de plume of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier. He was born in 1920 in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne and died in 2011.
Known for:
- The Centurions (1960)
- The praetorians (1963)
- The walls of Israel
- L' adieu à Saigon (1975)
- Les tambours de bronze (1965)