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Will Trent is the fictional main protagonist in author Karin Slaughter's Georgia Bureau of Investigation Atlanta series. Other major characters are Angie Polaski and Faith Mitchell. Current books in the series have the US titles of ''Triptych'', ''Fractured'', and ''Undone''. Slaughter also writes the Grant County series. She has over 17 million books in print and is published in 30 languages. Some of her book titles differ in the US and other countries. ==Biography== Will was found in a trashcan when he was a baby, and taken to the Atlanta Children's Home where he grew up. Despite the name, it was little more than a state orphanage. The woman who ran it and her assistants did the best they could, though they were understaffed and underpaid. The children were fed and clothed, the place was kept clean, some stability was provided. The state tried to place the children with foster families, which sometimes led to adoption into a loving environment, but more often than not that wasn't the case. Will never gave up, carefully grooming himself every visiting day, so that someone would want to adopt him. Will became one of The Doors, the nickname given to the children who always came back, as if the system was just a big revolving door. When he reached the legal adult age of eighteen, he left the home. When Will was eight he met eleven-year-old Angie Polaski, recently arrived at the home. First they became allies and friends, eventually sexual partners, then developed a relationship. Though they admit they love each other, they are not in love. Will is comfortable with the familiarity and not interested in other women; Angie isn't and is interested in other men. She's left Will over a dozen times, but always comes back. He finally gave her an ultimatum and she agreed to marry him. After leaving the home, Will began working for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He worked in the Major Case Squad, where he had a reputation for being a good agent who didn't get along well with others. He was drafted into the Special Criminal Apprehension Team, a new unit headed by Amanda Wagner. Will has solved 89% of his cases, a phenomenal clearance rate. He is an excellent puzzle solver, one of the best agents in the bureau. However, he is dyslexic. Will looks at his dyslexia as a personal failure and has never sought help for it. He uses all kinds of tricks to hide it: wearing a wristwatch to tell his left from right, using color-coded folders to identify his cases, using a digital recorder and voice recognition software to generate his reports, pretending that he forgot his glasses when someone hands him something to read. He shops for groceries based on familiar-looking labels or pictures on the packaging, and avoids new restaurants because he doesn't have the menu memorized. He has trouble with the signs when driving in unfamiliar areas, and he can not read roadmaps. He hates changing technology—a new cell phone or stereo or television costs him hours laboriously reading the directions or programming the functions. Despite his problem, he can take apart, repair, and reassemble almost anything with moving parts. He restored two automobiles, he can fix a piano or a washing machine or a lawnmower. Will Trent is 6'3" tall and broad-shouldered, lanky and strong, with short dirty-blonde hair. He has huge hands. He has a scar on his upper lip where it was split so badly it couldn't be sewn back together properly, another running from his ear down into his collar, and still another on the back of his head from a shovel attack. He has scars from a whip, electrical burns, cigarette burns, and an open fracture. He also has a self-inflicted scar on one forearm from a suicide attempt. In spite of all the scars, some women find him good-looking, but he only has eyes for Angie. And in spite of the dyslexia, Will finished high school and got a college degree. Though he worked ten times harder than the other students, he barely passed. He went further and obtained dubious upper-level degrees through correspondence schools. Will is controlled and not likely to be impulsive or spontaneous. Loud noises make him flinch. He's a snappy dresser with a penchant for three-piece suits. He is eminently fair and reasonable, has poor social skills, and is kind to animals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Will Trent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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