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Tintin And Snowy Embroiled In Latin American Intrigue, Oct 10 2010
By AliGhaemi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tintin and the Broken Ear (Hardcover)
Tintin is a reporter and cannot but get involved in the story of the theft of a South American tribal artefact when he hears of it. Little does he know that the initial enquiry will involve him in a murder mystery taking him to the jungles and banana republics of Latin America.The Broken Ear begins with Tintin at home relaxing wearing and in the midst of objects originating from his adventures in the Orient from The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus. By the end of the book he is in possession of several artefacts from fictitious countries to the south as well. Before that happens though, the murder mystery moves fast through continents, ships, aeroplanes, serial revolutions and false allegiances and a good dose of colonial telltales. Author Hergé exploits the sad realities of imperialism as he mocks oil and weapons companies, war, generals and greed and domination. The drawings are meaningful, fun with Snowy, in particular, coming across as loyal, cynical, cute and faithful. His scenes are some of the best in the book. The poor dog's tail and other body parts are repeatedly under attack. The detectives Thomson and Thompson mix up 'instinctive' and 'intrinsic' yet another 'indication' that they are not smart.
The Broken Ear is another fun 62-page romp for Tintin (just try to figure out the, er, native dialogue), but is hardly the series' best. The mystery is never unravelled and the ending and conclusion are only partly satisfying. Perhaps that is realism after all. It is not clear why Tintin has to buy an advertisement when he works at a newspaper or how he always has money despite so many travails and tribulations. The customary Tintin lucky breaks are, of course, at hand.
The series continues as we, and Tintin and Snowy, move on to Black Island (The Adventures of Tintin).
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