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Title
The man from the Great North
The man from the Great North
Author
Hugo Pratt
Hugo Pratt
format
Hardback
Hardback
Publisher
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing
Language
English
English
UK Publication Date
20171121
20171121
Description
Hugo Pratt, hailed as the "inventor of theliterary comic strip," offers an provocative story whose protagonist is aseemingly wanton murderer, driven by a religious obsession with the absolute.First English language edition.
Set in Canadaaround 1920 this provocative story deals with complex moral choices. Jesuit Joe,the protagonist, is of French-Canadian and Mohawk origin and is engaged in anobsessive religious search for the absolute, as he moves through the snowywastelands of the region. He wears the red jacket of the Canadian Mounties thathe found in a hut-which gives rise to a series of misunderstandings whenhe is mistaken for a member of the Canadian Mounted Police. His actionshighlight his unusual ethical code and his disturbing and complex personality.He kills with terrible ease and shows an unmatched cruelty and ferocity, yet hismood suddenly shifts and he performs unexpected acts of kindness and compassion.All the while, he is tracked by his nemesis, Sergeant Fox, whose mission is tocapture Jesuit Joe and bring him to justice. This is the first English languageedition of Pratt's 1980 classic, and includes an incomplete second storyof Jesuit Joe, plus Pratt's storyboards drawn for the movieversion.
Set in Canadaaround 1920 this provocative story deals with complex moral choices. Jesuit Joe,the protagonist, is of French-Canadian and Mohawk origin and is engaged in anobsessive religious search for the absolute, as he moves through the snowywastelands of the region. He wears the red jacket of the Canadian Mounties thathe found in a hut-which gives rise to a series of misunderstandings whenhe is mistaken for a member of the Canadian Mounted Police. His actionshighlight his unusual ethical code and his disturbing and complex personality.He kills with terrible ease and shows an unmatched cruelty and ferocity, yet hismood suddenly shifts and he performs unexpected acts of kindness and compassion.All the while, he is tracked by his nemesis, Sergeant Fox, whose mission is tocapture Jesuit Joe and bring him to justice. This is the first English languageedition of Pratt's 1980 classic, and includes an incomplete second storyof Jesuit Joe, plus Pratt's storyboards drawn for the movieversion.
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