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He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1169556 25 4773497 1937 The Broken Ear (The Adventures of Tintin) total:970|5:279|4:291|3:317|2:71|1:12| 970 3664 1142 9 2802356 3.88 30716 624 63816911 114093 4283279 9789792234701 2 <![CDATA[Si Kuping Belah]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219153397m/4283279.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219153397s/4283279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4283279.Si_Kuping_Belah 3.57 56 Dalam kisah-kisah petualangan Tintin dan Milo---yang kemudian juga ditemani oleh Kapten Haddock, sang ilmuwan Lakmus, serta si kembar Dupondt---pembaca bukan hanya diajak keliling dunia, tapi juga dibawa menelusuri sejarah serta politik sejak tahun 1940-an sampai 1980-an. Terkesan berat? Tintin justru bisa menjadi bacaan anak-anak yang sangat menarik, karena penuh adegan lucu serta pelajaran moral kebaikan vs. kejahatan yang sangat penting.

Mulai dari rumahnya sendiri di Belgia, Tintin mencari patung si kuping belah sampai ke hutan Amerika Selatan.]]> 1937 3 0 false Thu Jul 16 21:23:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:26:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60588639 1009204 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.84 710
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:45:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:45:50 -0700 2009 21911473 1084008 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 3 0 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Fri May 09 01:09:12 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 01:12:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5211145 255684 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Tue Aug 28 04:35:08 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 04:35:08 -0700 2007 21934452 153882 4283279 9789792234701 2 <![CDATA[Si Kuping Belah]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219153397m/4283279.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219153397s/4283279.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4283279.Si_Kuping_Belah 3.78 970 Dalam kisah-kisah petualangan Tintin dan Milo---yang kemudian juga ditemani oleh Kapten Haddock, sang ilmuwan Lakmus, serta si kembar Dupondt---pembaca bukan hanya diajak keliling dunia, tapi juga dibawa menelusuri sejarah serta politik sejak tahun 1940-an sampai 1980-an. Terkesan berat? Tintin justru bisa menjadi bacaan anak-anak yang sangat menarik, karena penuh adegan lucu serta pelajaran moral kebaikan vs. kejahatan yang sangat penting.

Mulai dari rumahnya sendiri di Belgia, Tintin mencari patung si kuping belah sampai ke hutan Amerika Selatan.]]> 1937 3 0 false Fri May 09 11:06:14 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 11:07:17 -0700 2008 13377465 395634 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 5 0 false Thu Jan 24 06:54:08 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:54:47 -0800 2008 36217890 1597717 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Sat Oct 25 23:44:36 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 23:44:53 -0700 2008 7297185 475127 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 0 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 07:01:07 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 07:01:07 -0700 2007 5677065 212781 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 2 0 false Tue Sep 04 19:48:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 19:59:30 -0700 2007 82057510 3074572 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 0 0 false Fri Dec 25 23:45:35 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 23:45:35 -0800 2009 81969530 3071998 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Thu Dec 24 14:59:35 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 14:59:35 -0800 2009 81941414 594577 2520299 0749701706 9780749701703 0 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2520299.The_Broken_Ear 3.00 2
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 3 0 false Thu Dec 24 07:39:12 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 07:39:12 -0800 2009 81525471 3059232 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Sat Dec 19 19:35:05 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 19:35:05 -0800 2009 81525080 88313 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Sat Dec 19 19:28:53 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 19:28:53 -0800 2009 81378146 2017222 900517 2203001054 9782203001053 0 <![CDATA[L'oreille cassée]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179293876m/900517.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179293876s/900517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/900517.L_oreille_cass_e 3.72 25 Le Petit Vingtième, le supplément pour enfants du quotidien belge Le XXe siècle. Son nom ? Tintin. Accompagné de Milou, un jeune chien blanc, il part pour la "Russie soviétique". Son créateur, un certain Georges Remi, signe Hergé, pseudonyme inspiré par ses initiales. Après ce premier voyage en Russie, qui donne naissance à l'album Tintin chez les Soviets, le jeune reporter s'envole pour l'Afrique (Tintin au Congo), puis pour l'Amérique. Mais c'est Le Lotus bleu, publié dans Le Petit Vingtième dès août 1934, qui marque un tournant important dans l'œuvre d'Hergé. Celui-ci, après avoir rencontré Tchang Tchong-Jen, jeune étudiant chinois qui lui a ouvert les yeux sur l'Asie, va désormais se soucier de rigueur documentaire. Il va aussi s'efforcer de faire passer dans ses histoires un message d'humanisme et de tolérance. Le succès de son reporter à la houppe ne va cesser de grandir. Hergé lui fait parcourir le monde. Il teinte ses aventures d'onirisme (L'Étoile mystérieuse), flirte avec le surnaturel (Les Sept Boules de cristal), l'expédie même sur la lune.

Il donne à Tintin des compagnons d'aventure qui vont prendre une place essentielle : les Dupont/d (Les Cigares du pharaon), le capitaine Haddock (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or), le professeur Tournesol (Le Secret de la Licorne) ou Bianca Castafiore (Le Sceptre d'Ottokar). Hergé n'hésite pas à jouer avec ses personnages : Les Bijoux de la Castafiore montrent un Tintin dépassé par les événements, loin de son image traditionnelle. Jusqu'à l'œuvre ultime, laissée inachevée par la mort d'Hergé en mars 1983 : Tintin et l'alph-art, dont la dernière case montre le héros en bien fâcheuse posture...

Tintin a su séduire les jeunes comme les adultes. Grâce à la lisibilité de la narration et du dessin, la justesse des dialogues, le sens du rebondissement et de l'intrigue... Mais aussi le souffle de l'aventure, de l'amitié et de la générosité. Et, en plus, ce quelque chose d'indéfinissable qu'Hergé lui-même ne savait expliquer... Une bande dessinée universelle. --Gilbert Jacques

]]> 1937 3 0 false Fri Dec 18 05:14:52 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 05:14:59 -0800 2009 81269301 429311 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Wed Dec 16 23:26:12 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 23:26:12 -0800 2009 80834382 2622667 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 0 0 false Sun Dec 13 01:49:40 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 01:49:40 -0800 2009 80738842 3001008 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 4 0 false Sat Dec 12 02:40:08 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 02:40:08 -0800 2009 80631612 2966689 1169556 0316358509 9780316358507 7 <![CDATA[The Broken Ear]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821m/1169556.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181599821s/1169556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169556.The_Broken_Ear 3.78 970
He finds a book with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged, while the one back in the museum is not. Tintin then reads that a wood carver called Balthazar has died. Suspecting that Balthazar made a duplicate of the fetish and was murdered, Tintin tries to obtain the man's parrot in order to get a clue to the killer's identity. But he soon discovers that a pair of South Americans — Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada — are also on the trail of the fetish, following the same clues and employing more ruthless methods. The parrot eventually repeats the last words of his owner, naming a man called Tortilla as his killer. Perez and Ramon know Tortilla, and Tintin, having tracked them down, overhears their conversation. This takes the three men, and their attempts to outwit each other, to South America, where the plot thickens.

During the journey by ship, Perez and Ramon murder Tortilla. It was he who stole the fetish from the museum and murdered Balthazar after getting him to produce the copy that Tortilla placed in the museum. Among his luggage is yet another replica of the stolen fetish. Tintin, who was also on the ship in disguise, has Perez and Ramon arrested as they dock in the main port of the republic of San Theodoros. But when soldiers arrive on board to take them away, they are led by a colonel who knows Ramon and Perez and, once ashore, lets them go. He then helps them to lure Tintin to shore where he is framed for terrorism and sentenced to death.

In San Theodoros General Alcazar and his rebels are fighting against the ruling General Tapioca. Just as Tintin finds himself at the gun tips of the firing squad, General Alcazar's rebels save him. Unusually, Tintin has been drinking heavily and in a drunken state proclaims his support for Alcazar in front of a firing squad. Now in command of the country, General Alcazar honours Tintin by making him Colonel and aide-de-camp.

Tintin's new position of power is not without its problems. For one thing his humiliated predecessor swears revenge and makes several bungled attempts to kill him and Alcazar. Perez & Ramon also continue in their attempts to get rid of him and recover the genuine fetish. The idol found in Tortilla's possession has turned out to be yet another fake, and they are erroneously convinced that Tintin knows the location of the original fetish.

To add to this, two rival oil companies, General American Oil and British South-American Petrol, manipulate the governments of San Theodoros and the neighbouring state of Nuevo-Rico, pushing both countries to war in order to get control of some profitable oil fields. When Tintin attempts to prevent war, J.W. Trickler, a representative of General American Oil, arranges for him to be killed by a man named Pablo. Pablo's attempt fails, due to a simultaneous assassination attempt by Ramon. Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and lets him go.

Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. Pablo, grateful that Tintin spared his life, assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison and frees Tintin and Snowy. They escape by car to the border with Nuevo-Rico, but come under fire by border guards. The incident is exaggerated in the press and used by the belligerent governments of both countries as justification for the war that Tintin tried to prevent.

Tintin escapes the Nuevo-Ricans and discovers that he is not far from the Arumbaya River. The Arumbayas, who live isolated in the rainforest, were the original owners of the fetish. The fetish itself is of no real value and Tintin has been wondering why so many people have been willing to steal and kill for it. He believes that the Arumbayas hold the answer and convinces a reluctant native to take him to them.

In the rainforest Tintin meets Ridgewell, a British explorer living with the Arumbayas, and he learns that the statuette was offered to a previous explorer called Walker as a token of friendship during his stay with the tribe. But as soon as the explorers left, the Arumbayas discovered that a sacred diamond had disappeared. Lopez, a half-caste interpreter to the explorers, had stolen it. The Arumbayas were furious and pursued Walker's expedition, massacring almost all the explorers. Walker himself managed to escape with the statuette while a wounded Lopez barely got himself out of the jungle. Tintin believes that Lopez hid the diamond in the statuette so that he could retrieve the stone later.

Tintin leaves the Arumbayas only to come across Perez and Ramon who have deserted from the San Theodoran Army. Tintin manages to capture them. In Perez's wallet he finds a note which confirms that the diamond is in the fetish. The note used to belong to Rodrigo Tortilla, the man who originally stole the statuette from the museum (whom they killed earlier in the book). How Tortilla is connected to Lopez is not revealed. Perez and Ramon later escape from Tintin.

With no leads to follow, Tintin and Snowy return to Belgium only to find copies of the fetish being sold in numerous shops. They go to the factory that produces them and meet Balthazar's brother, who had found the fetish among his late brother's affairs. However he has sold the original statuette to a rich man called Samuel Goldbarr, who has left for America. Using a plane Tintin manages to catch the ship, only to find that Perez and Ramon are already aboard and have finally got hold of the fetish. During the confrontation, the statuette falls and breaks revealing the diamond. All three of them try to save it but fall into the ocean. Tintin is saved by the crew. However, Alonso Perez and Ramon Bada drown (and are subsequently shown briefly in Hell).

The original statuette (without the diamond in it) is glued and tied back together and returned to the museum.]]> 1937 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 23:41:11 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 23:41:22 -0800 2009 80589343 2937016 900517 2203001054 9782203001053 0 <![CDATA[L'oreille cassée]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179293876m/900517.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179293876s/900517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/900517.L_oreille_cass_e 3.78 970 Le Petit Vingtième, le supplément pour enfants du quotidien belge Le XXe siècle. Son nom ? Tintin. Accompagné de Milou, un jeune chien blanc, il part pour la "Russie soviétique". Son créateur, un certain Georges Remi, signe Hergé, pseudonyme inspiré par ses initiales. Après ce premier voyage en Russie, qui donne naissance à l'album Tintin chez les Soviets, le jeune reporter s'envole pour l'Afrique (Tintin au Congo), puis pour l'Amérique. Mais c'est Le Lotus bleu, publié dans Le Petit Vingtième dès août 1934, qui marque un tournant important dans l'œuvre d'Hergé. Celui-ci, après avoir rencontré Tchang Tchong-Jen, jeune étudiant chinois qui lui a ouvert les yeux sur l'Asie, va désormais se soucier de rigueur documentaire. Il va aussi s'efforcer de faire passer dans ses histoires un message d'humanisme et de tolérance. Le succès de son reporter à la houppe ne va cesser de grandir. Hergé lui fait parcourir le monde. Il teinte ses aventures d'onirisme (L'Étoile mystérieuse), flirte avec le surnaturel (Les Sept Boules de cristal), l'expédie même sur la lune.

Il donne à Tintin des compagnons d'aventure qui vont prendre une place essentielle : les Dupont/d (Les Cigares du pharaon), le capitaine Haddock (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or), le professeur Tournesol (Le Secret de la Licorne) ou Bianca Castafiore (Le Sceptre d'Ottokar). Hergé n'hésite pas à jouer avec ses personnages : Les Bijoux de la Castafiore montrent un Tintin dépassé par les événements, loin de son image traditionnelle. Jusqu'à l'œuvre ultime, laissée inachevée par la mort d'Hergé en mars 1983 : Tintin et l'alph-art, dont la dernière case montre le héros en bien fâcheuse posture...

Tintin a su séduire les jeunes comme les adultes. Grâce à la lisibilité de la narration et du dessin, la justesse des dialogues, le sens du rebondissement et de l'intrigue... Mais aussi le souffle de l'aventure, de l'amitié et de la générosité. Et, en plus, ce quelque chose d'indéfinissable qu'Hergé lui-même ne savait expliquer... Une bande dessinée universelle. --Gilbert Jacques

]]> 1937 3 0 false Thu Dec 10 15:41:18 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 15:41:57 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1169556