Description
About the Author
Pierre Assouline is a prominent French journalist and writer. He has written several novels as well as acclaimed biographies of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and detective novelist Georges Simenon. He is also a film producer and was the 2007 winner of the prestigious Prix de la Langue Francaise. Charles Ruas is the author of Conversations with American Writers and a frequent contributor to ArtNews and Art in America.
Reviews
A succinct, illuminating and doggedly researched investigation. * Boyd Tonkin, The Independent *
Thorough and sympathetic chronicle. * Adrian Tahourdin, TLS *
Meticulous detail...An intriguing biography. * The Independent on Sunday *
This is a thorough, well-considered, level-headed biography. * Iain Finlayson, The Times *
Assouline has sketched a portrait of Herge that is as clean and concise as one of the man's own drawings. * James Lovegrove, Financial Times *
Smoothly translated by Charles Ruas. * James Lovegrove, Financial Times *
It is hard to imagine the job being done better. * John Carey, The Sunday Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9780195397598
Author Pierre Assouline
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 551g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 163mm * 23mm