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Summary: More high adventures in Arabia
Review: After a strange encounter with General Alcazar of San Theodoros, and then getting home to see that Emir Ben Kalish Ezab, has sent his thoroughly obnoxious son, Prince Abdullah, to stay at Marlinspike, the Emir is deposed by the evil Revolutionary thug, Sheik Bab El Er.
Tintin and the Captain fly to Khemed, to try to get to the bottom of an illegal arms buying racket and if they can, to help their friend, the Emir.
There they take a boat to Mecca , where they must battle several enemies , in a high adventure on the Red Sea. Before the adventure is through , they will break a slave smuggling ring and ensure the defeat of several villains.
The issue of slave trade by Arabs , of Africans , was not only still going on when this book was written in 1958 , but is still endemic today , in places such as the Sudan.
These adventures are always full, of life and colour.
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Summary: One of the most exciting Tintin books so far!
Review: I love this book, it reminds me of going to sea with friends, a beautiful sea adventure. Since I read it, I just loved the artwork of Herge, he really did a great job of bringing the characters and scenery to life!If you once looked at the water you'll see it really blue and there's waves crashing on shore, just like a real sea! Also, the characters drawn are humanlike. Enough with the praise on artwork, let's head on to the comical features. I really loved Captain Haddock when he started dancing on the raft like a maniac, happy when he saw and felt that he's saved! He danced until the raft broke under him! Simply, one of the most brilliantly created Tintin stories. This would delight children AND adults like me as well, for years to come! The writing too is also in good english and I feel that Leslie Londsale Cooper and her companion translated it so well! I simply give this 5 stars because it is an excellent book and would be one of my personal favourites of all time!
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Summary: The Best Tintin book!
Review: I think this book has a great plot, slave traders. Its also really funny in the beginning because Abdullah, the Emir's son is there.
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Summary: Interesting title change
Review: One curious thing about this book is that it is one of the few Tintin books whose original title (in the French edition) is in English: "Coke in Stock", a reference to the modern slave trade, I believe; but for some strange reason the title was changed for the English-language edition., to "Red Sea Sharks"...I wonder why?
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Summary: One of my favourites
Review: The Tintin adventure stories are all really good and this is probably the best one with all the characters. Quite a few of the characters that have made appearances throughout the series appear in this story and the main adventure involves Tintin and the Captain as the uncover a slave trading gang and get into a thrilling adventure at sea. I am a big fan of the Tintin books and this one has to be one of the best.
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Summary: My favorite Tintin book
Review: This is Herge in the 1950s, his art having reached a fully mature style. There's just something so open and exciting about this book -- the exotic locale, the breathless adventure and palpable danger, the complex political scenario. First-rate stuff, marred, alas, by a patronizing portrayal of black Muslims being sold into slavery. It's racist, but at any rate considerably less so than "Tintin in the Congo."
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Summary: My favorite Tintin book
Review: This is Herge in the 1950s, his art having reached a fully mature style. There's just something so open and exciting about this book -- the exotic locale, the breathless adventure and palpable danger, the complex political scenario. First-rate stuff, marred, alas, by a patronizing portrayal of black Muslims being sold into slavery. It's racist, but at any rate considerably less so than "Tintin in the Congo."
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Summary: My favourite Tintin book
Review: This my favourite Tintin book its funny because Abdullah does his tricks. They even go in a boat and to a ship. The muslims don't go to their pilgramige or their slaves !! Tintin in Tibet is my second favorite.
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Summary: great tintin adventure
Review: This Tintin has many recurring places and characters, including Dawson, who has not been featured since The Blue Lotus. Full of adventure, plot, and humor, this is a must-read for all Tintin fans. Thompson and Thomson fulfill their roles as comic relief brilliantly in this one.
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Summary: Tintin and Captain Haddock save the day in Khemed
Review: While talking about General Alcazar, the deposed president of the Republic of San Theodoros, Tintin and Captain Haddock literally run into him. This is more than mere coincidence, it is the beginning of another exciting adventure for our hero and his friends as it seems Alcazar is involved in buying armaments on the sly. However, Prince Abdullah has been sent by his father the Emir to stay with the good Captain to improve the young scamp's English. The Emir mentions that the situation is serious at home and when the headlines announce a coup d'etat in Khemed, Tintin decides to head there to find out if there is a connection between the rebel victory achieved by air power and the arms dealing he has discovered.
What makes "The Red Sea Sharks" one of the best Tintin adventures is that there are even more dastardly deeds being done by the bad guys this time around (involving "coke" smuggling). Herge continues to explore the class between Western and Near Eastern cultures as Captain Haddock has to wear a veil as a disguise and Snowy has a memorable encounter with a cheetah, while back home Professor Calculus and Nestor do their best to keep Prince Abdullah, ah, entertained. Herge might have created an imaginative parallel world for Tintin's adventures, but they certainly echo serious real world concerns, and that is especially true of "The Red Sea Sharks." As an added pleasur3e, the good captain gets to vent time and time again at people who really deserve to be roundly cursed out, even by Haddock's peculiar collection of epithets.
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