Tag Archive | "Jean Van Hamme"

Lady S – more exotic euro thrills from Van Hamme

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Lady S Volume 1: Here’s To Suzie by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Aymond Cinebook In many ways this is merely a female equivalent to Van Hamme’s Largo Winch series, featuring as it does a privileged hero character with a mysterious and somewhat shady past and a nasty habit of getting themselves into all manner of trouble. But [...]

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Largo Winch 2 – the best thriller on an international business deal you’ll ever read….

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Largo Wich Volume 2: Takeover Bid by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook I’m reading these in the wrong order – Volume 3, Volume 1 and now Volume 2. I know what happens and it still doesn’t matter since Van Hamme does write such deliciously self contained thrillers. This is what I said last time about Largo [...]

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Largo Winch: Dutch Connection

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 3: Dutch Connection Written by Jean Van Hamme, Art by Philippe Francq. Cinebook (Comprises the original Volume 5: H and Volume 6: Dutch Connection) Largo Winch is an absolutely cracking thriller. Incredibly cinematic in it’s plot and pacing and essentially it’s a great James Bond movie but without the ridiculously overblown set pieces that rather take [...]

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