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In the middle of a gang war, wanted for murder, truly alone and outside the law, Detective Inspector LeBrock is on the run from both the police and gangster assassins, the victim of a diabolical scheme to annihilate himself and everyone he holds dear, engineered by mastermind crime lord Tiberius Koenig, one of the most despicable villains in the history of detective fiction.
A fiendishly ingenious story of love, tenacity, treachery and tragedy, this fifth, final and longest stand-alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award-nominated Grandville series by master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot is a veritable rollercoaster of a detective thriller, featuring Grandville¿s trademark high-octane excitement, humour and deduction on a Holmesian scale as we finally meet LeBrock¿s mentor, Stamford Hawksmoor, and discover LeBrock¿s untold backstory. Fan-favourite characters Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi and LeBrock¿s vivacious fiancée, Parisian prostitute Billie are joined by a new badger in town! Enter Tasso, an Italian badger whös bigger, meaner and uglier than LeBrock ¿ but is he a force for good or evil? A battle royale ensues as LeBrock fights against truly outrageous odds. How can he possibly survive?
Prepare to be royally badgered!
In the middle of a gang war, wanted for murder, truly alone and outside the law, Detective Inspector LeBrock is on the run from both the police and gangster assassins, the victim of a diabolical scheme to annihilate himself and everyone he holds dear, engineered by mastermind crime lord Tiberius Koenig, one of the most despicable villains in the history of detective fiction.
A fiendishly ingenious story of love, tenacity, treachery and tragedy, this fifth, final and longest stand-alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award-nominated Grandville series by master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot is a veritable rollercoaster of a detective thriller, featuring Grandville¿s trademark high-octane excitement, humour and deduction on a Holmesian scale as we finally meet LeBrock¿s mentor, Stamford Hawksmoor, and discover LeBrock¿s untold backstory. Fan-favourite characters Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi and LeBrock¿s vivacious fiancée, Parisian prostitute Billie are joined by a new badger in town! Enter Tasso, an Italian badger whös bigger, meaner and uglier than LeBrock ¿ but is he a force for good or evil? A battle royale ensues as LeBrock fights against truly outrageous odds. How can he possibly survive?
Prepare to be royally badgered!
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Produktart: | Humor, Comics & Cartoons |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Reihe: | Grandville Series |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9781910702246 |
| ISBN-10: | 1910702242 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Talbot, Bryan |
| Hersteller: |
Vintage Publishing
Grandville Series |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 304 x 220 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Bryan Talbot |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.11.2017 |
| Gewicht: | 1,18 kg |