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Beschreibung

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!

Über den Autor
Bryan Talbot
Details
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
Artikel-ID: 121237884