This book of spying and intrigue was written in 1938 and is subtly critical of Nazi Germany's. When Germany invaded Belgian, this book made Herge a person of interest to the Gestapo.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17924 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 62 pages

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Customer Reviews

Marvellous!
Every Tintin book is a work of genuis (all right the TV spin off books are a bit pants)but all of the originals are the ideal Big brother/ Dad reading a bed time story. My father did them all with me and i am doing them with my son.

The sheer joy they bring to bedtime for me and my son is imeasurable.

Busy adventure in some fictional eastern european enclave
A fairly typical Tintin adventure which sees him out and about as usual, caught up in a very complicated set of affairs in some pastiche eastern european enclave, where territories seem to change hands at the drop of a hat. Of course this is Herge making fun of stereotypes of such countries at the time, but even now, you can relate to much of the humorous goings on and border tensions evident in the story. Busy, with some good background drawing and interesting locations, but the story does not engage, it has no great mystery to solve here, and you feel little empathy for any of the bickering characters. This middle series book is very middle of the road and you can see here why Herge brought in a new character for the next adventure to spice things up a bit. It has some merit in the depiction of the location and its inhabitants, but not at all one of the more engaging stories, and I struggled to finish it. 2.5 stars.