{"product_id":"corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures-by-hugo-pratt","title":"Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures by Hugo Pratt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen purchasing multiple items at once, please note that we will ship the order in full when all items are in stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eInternational award-winning graphic novelist Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese returns to American readers in a new collection of classic Corto tales, featuring a brilliantly executed wild chase through Venice for a vital occult treasure!\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Hugo Pratt’s most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. In “Fable of Venice,” a riddle from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of reality. A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists, budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this collection also presents Pratt’s Corto Maltese classics “The Secret of Tristan Bantam,” “So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,” and “The Seagull's Fault,”. As a side note, readers who enjoyed The Magnificent Adventure by Milo Manara and its book-length search for “H.P.” will be quick to note that “H.P.” is, in fact, Hugo Pratt, a beloved mentor to Manara.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OK Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55867148337526,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0382\/1803\/9340\/files\/9798875001345_800_540x_5a52b8f4-86d5-4a86-a27a-4a0701686fea.webp?v=1751555843","url":"https:\/\/okcomics.co.uk\/products\/corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures-by-hugo-pratt","provider":"OK Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}