Nestor Burma runs a detective agency in Paris during World War II. In an attempt to fulfill a dying man's plea he finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal involving French collaborators and the all-powerful Gestapo. In Nazi-held France there are worse fates than death and he knows this only too well.
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Nestor Burma runs a detective agency in Paris during World War II. In an attempt to fulfill a dying man's plea he finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal involving French collaborators and the all-powerful Gestapo. In Nazi-held France there are worse fates than death and he knows this only too well.
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Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. IBooks, New York. 2003. 192 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Wrappers worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present (rear wrapper lightly curled and worn). Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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. The Bloody Streets of Paris is a classic detective story set against the Nazi occupation of Paris. Newly discharged from a WWII prisoner of war camp, Nestor Burma finds himself unraveling a convoluted mystery surrounding the death of an associate. The fast-paced, tightly plotted story is suspenseful and gripping. But the genius in The Bloody Streets of Paris is its depiction of wartime Paris. The Nazi occupation flips the Parisian life on its head. Their familiar surroundings are suddenly ominous and fraught with danger. It's with this looming presence as a backdrop that Burma attempts to solve the mystery. French illustrator Jacques Tardi adapted The Bloody Streets of Paris to graphic novel form. Born at the end of World War II, Tardi heard stories of both world wars from his grandparents. His grandparents' stories greatly marked the illustrator as a child. 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. E-046; 11.8 X 8.8 X 0.4 inches; 192 pages.
Add this copy of The Bloody Streets of Paris to cart. $90.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by IBooks.