RSSNicholas Lezard, “The Best of Tintin,” The Guardian 23 January 2009
“To single out three essential works from an oeuvre that spans 50 years and 24 books isn’t easy; especially when, as Tom McCarthy reminds us (in his wonderful Tintin and the Secret of Literature), such a body of work presents us with a unified array of symbols, signs and hidden meanings. Let no one be mistaken: the Tintin adventures are as rich in detail and intent as what is normally filed under the term ‘literature’….”