Tintin and the Picaros

Part of the The Adventures of Tintin series

Friends race to clear their names against a dictator's plot.

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62 pages· ~330L

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Tintin and his friends are accused of plotting against General Tapioca's regime. As they journey to clear their names, they uncover a trap set by their old foe, Colonel Sponsz. With their freedom at stake, they must navigate a web of deceit and join forces with guerrillas in the jungle. Can they outsmart their enemies and prove their innocence?

From the publisher

Tintin hears in the news that Bianca Castafiore, her maid, pianist and Thomson and Thompson, have been imprisoned in San Theodoros for allegedly attempting to overthrow the military dictatorship of General Tapioca, who has yet again deposed Tintin’s old friend, General Alcazar. Tintin, Calculus and Haddock soon become embroiled in the accusations, and, travelling to San Theodoros to clear their names, find themselves caught in a trap laid by their old enemy, Colonel Sponsz, who has been sent by the East Bloc nation of Borduria to assist Tapioca. Sponsz has concocted the conspiracy of which Tintin and his friends are accused in a plot to wreak revenge upon them for humiliating him in The Calculus Affair. Escaping, Tintin, Haddock, and Calculus join Alcazar and his small band of guerrillas, the Picaros, in the jungle near an Arumbaya Indian village.

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