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Tintin: Herge and His Creation
Harry Thompson, Harry Thompson
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The little black-and-white cartoon figure of Tintin first appeared in Belgium in 1929 in a Catholic newspaper where his creator, Herge, worked. Harry Thompson looks at the story of Herge, of Tintin and his origins, and beyond to when President de Gaulle could call Tintin 'his only rival'.
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Praise for Tintin: Herg? & His Creation - ---As biographies go, they don't come much more definitive than Harry Thompson's hugely enjoyable account of Tintin - James Delingpole, Sunday TelegraphHarry Thompson rings all the right bells...a joyous Tintinabulation - Piers Brendon, Mail on SundayA major biography...witty and sympathetic - Jonathan Sale, Financial TimesThompson...is motivated by such admiration for Herg? and such affection for Tintin that his pleasure is communicated. I am keen to reread Tintin in the light of what I know now - Nicholas Garland, Daily TelegraphA delightful portrait...well-organised and well researched...witty, fascinating and just a little mad...it is more or less impossible not to like this book - The EuropeanAs a broad, bright Herg?-like brush-stroke, it has genuine appeal - GuardianThe first book in English on Tintin to have an idea in it - The Times
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