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Grandville Bete Noire

Bryan Talbot

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English
Jonathan Cape Ltd
03 December 2012
'The bastard child of Conan Doyle and Beatrix Potter, it's a gripping feast for the eyes.' Rachel Cooke, Observer

The third volume of the Grandville series - Anthropomorphic steampunk detective fiction from graphic novel master Bryan Talbot

The Badger is back! Follow the Badger!

At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrow of the French state. Meanwhile, the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist is subject to the investigations of the tenacious Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, placing him and his faithful adjunct, Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi, in pursuit of the mysterious masked assassin stalking the cut-throat commercial world of the Grandville art scene.

As the body count mounts and events spiral exponentially out of control, aided by his brilliant deductive abilities and innate ferocity, LeBrock battles against outrageous odds in this funny, high octane thriller, an adventure shot through with both high art and comic book references, a glorious illegitimate offspring of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming - with animals!

'The bastard child of Conan Doyle and Beatrix Potter, it's a gripping feast for the eyes' Observer
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Imprint:   Jonathan Cape Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 304mm,  Width: 217mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   831g
ISBN:   9780224096249
ISBN 10:   0224096249
Series:   Grandville Series
Pages:   104
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Bryan Talbot was born in 1952. He has worked on underground comics, science fiction and superhero stories such as Judge Dredd and Batman- Legends of the Dark Knight. His books include Alice in Sunderland, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes (with Mary Talbot), the first graphic novel to win the Costa biography award, and the Grandville series.

Reviews for Grandville Bete Noire

I have greatly enjoyed the Grandville books. I think they're superbly designed, beautifully conceived, admirably written - everything about them is terrific... A graphic novel built on the solid foundation of a strong story. -- Philip Pullman The third and finest stand-alone volume in the award-winning 'scientific-romance-thriller' series... These ingeniously plotted fantasies will make you bark with laughter. -- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro The bastard child of Conan Doyle and Beatrix Potter, it's a gripping feast for the eyes. -- Rachel Cooke Observer Both acerbic and hilarious. Mr. Hyde This ripping yarn of murder, mystery and the machinating arms tycoon Baron Krapaud of Toad Hall is both irresistibly exciting and sumptuously designed. -- David Langford Telegraph


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