Fable of Venice: a Corto Maltese graphic novel

"In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese's return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, b...

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Main Authors: Pratt, Hugo 1927-1995 (Author), Castaldi, Simone (Author)
Other Authors: Mullaney, Dean (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA Euro Comics, an imprint of IDW Publishing August 2017
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Summary:"In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese's return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets... or if it's merely 'the stuff that dreams are made of,' as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett's novel featuring another Maltese."--Amazon.com
Item Description:Map on inside of front and back cover
Physical Description:63 Seiten 30 cm
ISBN:9781631409264

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