The Bloody Streets of Paris
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743474481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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It's with this looming presence as a backdrop that Burma attempts to solve the mystery. The Bloody Streets of Paris is a classic detective story set against the Nazi occupation of Paris. French illustrator Jacques Tardi adapted The Bloody Streets of Paris to graphic novel form. His grandparents' stories greatly marked the illustrator as a child. The Nazi occupation flips the Parisian life on its head. The fast-paced, tightly plotted story is suspenseful and gripping. In an interview for a French periodical he explained, "What interests me about war is daily life: how do people continue from one day to next under such conditions?" Tardi's black and white illustrations brilliantly evoke the gritty urban atmosphere of forties' Paris.--Leigh Gable. Newly discharged from a WWII prisoner of war camp, Nestor
Deserves a wider audience Jay Greenwood You can get a synopsis from the professional reviews. The question is will a reader of "crime fiction" paperbacks pick up this book? In my opinion, many should as it is a seldom seen mix of hard-boiled detective fiction (with a slight European texture) and exquisitively de. First-rate marriage of two genres The time is 19First-rate marriage of two genres Michael K. Smith The time is 1940-41 and the focus of this engaging and engrossing yarn is Nestor Burma, captured and interned by the Germans -- along with most of the rest of the French army -- following the blitzkrieg and the government's capitulation. Before the war, Burma ran the Fiat . 0-First-rate marriage of two genres Michael K. Smith The time is 1940-41 and the focus of this engaging and engrossing yarn is Nestor Burma, captured and interned by the Germans -- along with most of the rest of the French army -- following the blitzkrieg and the government's capitulation. Before the war, Burma ran the Fiat . 1 and the focus of this engaging and engrossing yarn is Nestor Burma, captured and interned by the Germans -- along with most of the rest of the French army -- following the blitzkrieg and the government's capitulation. Before the war, Burma ran the Fiat . Great Art & Atmosphere, Contrived Story In 19Great Art & Atmosphere, Contrived Story A. Ross In 1942, French writer Leo Malet began his long-running "Nestor Burma" series of crime novels with "120, Rue de la Gare." Renowned French illustrator Jacques Tardi adapted that book (and four others which have yet to appear in English) to his own graphic style, and the res. 2, French writer Leo Malet began his long-running "Nestor Burma" series of crime novels with "120, Rue de la Gare." Renowned French illustrator Jacques Tardi adapted that book (and four others which have yet to appear in English) to his own graphic style, and the res
In order to fulfill a dying man's plea, detective Nestor Burma finds himself quickly enmeshed in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal involving French collaborators and the terrifying all-powerful Gestapo. It will take all his skills as a detective to say alive and free, for in Nazi-held France, there are fates worse than death.