Delaporte

- The Independent (UK) At his best, Boyd has a finely tuned ear for the smallest details, such as the socially spot-on name of elite army officer Major Tim Delaporte.

Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd: Book summary 2010

Delaporte was bald and bare-headed, that Castaing was all ruddy and very handsome, that Bories had a romantic small beard, that Jean Martin kept on his suspenders, that Lecouffe and his mother quarrelled.

Les Miserables 2008

Delaporte, F., ed. (1994), A vital rationalist: selected writings from Georges Canguilhem.

Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008

“Angel Delaporte was murdered last night,” he says.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

Angel Delaporte nods, looking at his empty wineglass.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

Angel Delaporte with his graphology and his flask of good gin.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

And the detective says, “Do you know an Angel Delaporte?”

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

Angel Delaporte says our natural instinct is to hide.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

Her face still pressed to the hole in the wallpaper, she tells this Angel Delaporte how Mr. Wilmot did some work in the old Waytansea Hotel, and now the room numbers jump from 312 to 314.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

Delaporte said that once an effective vaccine was found, it should be possible to deal with new recombinants in the same way that scientists are able to tweak flu vaccines to deal with new sub-strains that pop up every year or so.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2001