Why Nicholas Lezard loves Tintin and why he is less in love with Michael Farr's total Companion Tintin: The total Companion
Michael Farr
208pp,John Murray, £19.99
It would appear that not only is Tintin universal; the experience of reading him is similar everywhere, and too. When ill as a child,I would recuperate with a stack of Tintin books by my side. (As it happens, I am writing this review while ill in bed, and though I no longer match Captain Haddock drink for drink - one glass of Lucozade for every glass of scotch or rum the heroically boozy sailor slings down the hatch - there is still a comforting sense of circularity.) So it is no surprise when Michael Farr writes: "A Tintin adventure accompanied by the prescribed medicine is the most satisfactory response to illness." Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com