false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341877m/165555.jpg 165555 34 Tintin is informed by the Thompsons of a case involving the ramblings of a drunken dead man, found with a scrap of paper from what appears to be a tin of crab-meat with the word Karaboudjan scrawled on it. His subsequent investigation and the kidnapping of a Japanese man interested in talking to him leads Tintin to a ship also called the Karaboudjan, where he is abducted by a syndicate of criminals who have been hiding opium in the crab tins. Escaping from his locked room, Tintin encounters Captain Haddock, an alcoholic who is manipulated by his first mate, Allan, and is unaware of his crew's criminal activities. Escaping the ship in a lifeboat in an attempt to reach Spain, they are attacked by a seaplane. They hijack the plane and tie up the pilots, but a storm causes them to crash-land in the Sahara. After trekking across the desert, Tintin and Haddock reach a Moroccan port, but the Captain is kidnapped. Tintin saves his newfound friend, but they both become intoxicated by the fumes from wine barrels breached in a shootout with the villains. Upon sobering up, Tintin discovers the necklace with the Crab with the Golden Claws on the now-subdued owner of the wine cellar, Omar Ben Salaad, and realizes that he is the leader of the drug cartel. After capturing Allan, the gang is put behind bars. 185664 book 1940 The Crab with the Golden Claws (The Adventures of Tintin) total:1395|5:433|4:436|3:430|2:79|1:17| 1395 5374 1628 21 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 15:44:09 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 19:51:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 02 17:24:16 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:24:58 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 10:58:52 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:49:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 06 11:58:23 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 11:59:33 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jun 10 19:51:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 19:52:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:34:31 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 00:36:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 10:50:17 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 11:00:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 04 20:17:04 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 02:44:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 15 08:36:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 15:30:47 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sat May 05 10:02:15 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 10:26:17 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 11:40:51 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 12:43:36 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Sep 11 20:52:30 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 20:53:06 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Tue Aug 28 04:20:10 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 04:20:10 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Aug 14 17:35:18 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 17:36:41 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 24 14:25:19 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 14:25:19 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Sun Oct 14 21:42:30 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 21:43:25 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Sep 25 22:22:35 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 22:23:13 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Oct 25 23:30:52 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 23:31:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 24 19:08:29 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 19:08:36 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jan 24 06:51:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:51:55 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165555