Both in our stores, and on our websites, Tintin fans always lament the lack of more and more and more Tintin books..
Perhaps Tom McCarthy’s new book, C, will satiate part of the need for more. According to Forbidden Planet UK, on a recent radio interview, McCarthy acknowledged that Tintin does play a role in this work.
“Tintin is a big presence in this book. In Tintin you have these two great houses : the family estate of Marlinspike, where Captain Haddock lives, which also has a family secret buried underneath it, and on the other hands you have the pyramids, the Inca temples, and crypts that he digs up. They’re both flipsides of each other. Tintin is also a radio-operator. He’s meant to be a journalist, but he only ever files one article. What he does repeatedly throughout the books, is tune in to these mysterious wireless messages, hunt them down and decode them. And also, Tintin is neutral; he’s blank : whereas all the other characters are colourful and full of personality, Tintin is this Candide-type, neutral, passive character who, like a prism, defracts his whole era” (via)
McCarthy is also the author of Tintin and the Secret of Literature so he certainly knows his stuff. Wonder if this book will be as much fun as Herge’s.
