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| Title | : | Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin #23) |
| Author | : | Hergé |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
| Published | : | August 27th 1993 by Methuen Publishing (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Bande Dessinée. Adventure. Fiction |
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Paperback | Pages: 64 pages Rating: 4.01 | 9493 Users | 159 Reviews
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Tintin hears in the news that Bianca Castafiore, her maid, pianist and Thomson and Thompson, have been imprisoned in San Theodoros for allegedly attempting to overthrow the military dictatorship of General Tapioca, who has yet again deposed Tintin's old friend, General Alcazar. Tintin, Calculus and Haddock soon become embroiled in the accusations, and, travelling to San Theodoros to clear their names, find themselves caught in a trap laid by their old enemy, Colonel Sponsz, who has been sent by the East Bloc nation of Borduria to assist Tapioca. Sponsz has concocted the conspiracy of which Tintin and his friends are accused in a plot to wreak revenge upon them for humiliating him in The Calculus Affair. Escaping, Tintin, Haddock, and Calculus join Alcazar and his small band of guerrillas, the Picaros, in the jungle near an Arumbaya Indian village.Meanwhile, in a show trial orchestrated by Sponsz, Castafiore is sentenced to life imprisonment and the Thompsons are ordered to be executed by firing squad. Tintin enlists Alcazar's help in freeing his friends, but upon arrival at his jungle headquarters, finds that Alcazar's men have become demoralised drunkards since Tapioca started dropping copious quantities of alcohol near their camp. Additionally, Alcazar is continually henpecked by his shrewish wife Peggy, who nags him constantly about his failure to achieve a successful revolution. Fortunately, Calculus has invented a pill which will make alcohol unpalatable to anyone who ingests it (which he proves to have tested on Haddock, much to the latter's ire). Tintin offers to use the pill to cure the Picaros of their alcoholism if Alcazar agrees to make the overthrow of Tapioca bloodless. Alcazar reluctantly agrees, and as his men are cured, Jolyon Wagg arrives with his musical troupe the Jolly Follies, who intend to perform at the upcoming carnival in San Theodoros. Alcazar — with a little advice from Tintin — launches an assault on Tapioca's palace during the carnival by 'borrowing' the troupe's costumes and sneaking his men into the capital. He topples Tapioca, but on Tintin's urging, does not execute him, as is tradition; Tapioca is instead forced to publicly surrender his powers to Alcazar and is exiled, while Sponsz is sent back to Borduria.
Meanwhile, Thomson and Thompson are due to be shot on the same day as the carnival (although as naive as ever in their observations, the detectives show courage by refusing to be blindfolded). Tintin and Haddock reach the state prison in time to prevent the executions from taking place. Castafiore, her maid and her pianist are also released, and Alcazar can finally give his wife the palace he has promised. With everything back in order (or not), Tintin and his friends leave. As they fly home, Tintin and Haddock express gratitude about being able to go home, showing a more weary attitude towards travel than in earlier books.
The second to last panel shows a final, skeptical political message: as under Tapioca, the city slums are filled with wretched, starving people and patrolled by indifferent police. Nothing is different, except that a Viva Tapioca sign has been changed to read Viva Alcazar, demonstrating Hergé's view that even if regimes change, conditions do not improve.
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| Original Title: | Tintin et les Picaros |
| ISBN: | 0416851703 (ISBN13: 9780416851700) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tintin #23 |
| Characters: | Milou, Tintin, Captain Archibald Haddock, Thomson & Thompson, Bianca Castafiore, Snowy, General Alcazar, Professor Calculus |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 9493 Users | 159 ReviewsEvaluation Of Books Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin #23)
A good story this one, though not at the same level as some of his previous work. The story isn't as convoluted or suspenseful as other stories, with the humour stepping up to take it's place. While I've always enjoyed the humour, especially with Haddock, I think overall this story doesn't have quite the right balance compared to other ones. Good to see a few of the recurring characters again, and for the final complete adventure it doesn't leave any loose strings at least.Getting my Tintin fix.
Not quite the Tintin adventure I usually watch/ read. Honeslty it's because of that pants... I believe this is the only time I've seen him wear those kinds of parts in an adventure. Why? We'll never know. This adventure is the least exciting one for me as you know Tintin adventure standards, we should've gotten weird elements like a Yeti, aliens, or whatever mythological creatures they have there. But nope. They visited the pyramid but nothing unusual was there so that bummed me out. Even the
A much treasured childhood classic.
Tintin adventures have been in print approximately 40 years. The stories are fast moving in many different countries with a great cast of eccentric characters from the gruff sea captain to the hard of hearing genius and various friends along the way.Find Tintin and the Picaros at the Westminster Public Library.
Hail hail the gang's all here, in this rollicking episode of intrigue and revolution.
Tintin and Captain Haddock, as well as Milu and Professor Tournesol, meet their old friend General Alcazar and help him make a revolution against the dictator General Tapioca! In the mean time, they also free Bianca Casta Fiore, who has been jailed by the Dictator as a way to attract out friends back to his country. His plan to get our heroes killed falls asunder, and they take the opportunity of Carnival to render service to Alcazar, who thus regains power!Maria Carmo,Lisbon, 20 January 2015.
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