Hugo Pratt origin, his maternal grandfather was of Marrano (Jewish) descent, and his grandmother was of Turkish origin. He was also related to actor Boris Karloff (né William Henry Pratt). In 1937, Pratt moved with his mother to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), joining his father who was working there following the conquest of that country by Benito Mussolini's Italy. Pratt's father, a professional Italian soldier, was captured in 1941 by British troops and in late 1942, died from disease as a prisoner of war. The same year, Hugo Pratt and his mother were interned in a prison camp at Dirédaoua, where he would buy
El fiscal (R. S. Pratt novel) El fiscal (R. S. Pratt novel) El fiscal () is a 2015 detective fiction novel from Argentina, freely based on the death of Alberto Nisman. As of April 2015, the real case was still open, and it was unknown if it was a suicide or a murder. The novel combines both premises, and have the titular character commit suicide before the killers could get to him. The novel uses fictional characters, which are actually unsubtle references to Argentine politicians. The prosecutor Lerman is Nisman, and the president Cristina Hernández de Larcher, the spy Trusso and the owner of the gun