L’impertinence d’un été – tome 2/2

The political, artistic and sexual effervescence of Mexico in the early 20s is followed by instability and doubt. There seems to be a spreading sense of disillusionment that neither Tina nor her friends will escape. Edward has gone back to the US, and Tina finds herself alone at a pivotal moment in her life. She oscillates between her commitment to the Party, her artistic struggles, her various overlapping love affairs, and her own journey of self-discovery. She seems to be incapable of choosing one path that will close off the others, unlike Edward. The political climate becomes increasingly tense, and opinions and destinies begin to clash. Summer comes to an end, and a long winter approaches.

Once an animator at Disney Studios, Nicolas Keramidas now makes a living as a cartoonist in Grenoble. He’s married to a wonderful woman, Chloé, has two energetic sons, and plays soccer every Sunday with his pals. He was also born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare combination of four heart defects that in 1973 made him one of the youngest children ever to undergo open-heart surgery. Forty-three years later, when his congenital condition stops him short during a soccer game, he’ll have to face surgery again, a saga he details in this moving, humorous, and above all, very human memoir.

Meet the children: Airbus, with his barely contained rage, Angel, whose sweet looks belie a mercurial cruelty, and Mongol, who talks to insects and stray animals. They spend their days weaving baskets at Save the Innocents, an outreach foundation. They fantasize about the friendly blonde aid worker Anika, are wary of her blandly affable Belgian boss, and mock her short husband Recto, who speaks their language so poorly. Meanwhile, gunfire thunders daily in the hills just outside town. But when their old friend Black Domino resurfaces full of schemes and swagger, will the looming violence find an echo in the children’s hearts?

In the third installment of Renaud and Dufaux’s classic thriller series, Jessica Blandy finds herself a prisoner in the Florida everglades—at the mercy of a pair of murderous brothers and caught up in a plot to make a man disappear. Do her captors plan to hold her for ransom, or do they have something else in mind? Set to the sounds of the swamp and the haunting voice of Jim Morrison, this might be Jessica’s most dangerous adventure yet.

Who killed Scott Mitchell? To get to the truth about her lover’s murder, Jessica Blandy will have to come face-to-face with the ghosts of his mysterious past. With the help of private eye Gus Bomby and the unsavory Robby—a police detective with a certain disregard for the rules—Jessie’s hunt for answers turns up a string of grisly deaths, a photograph that shouldn’t exist, and a name: Dr. Zack.

Moïse is fourteen years old, the age to become a ship’s boy at last. The year before was heavy with revelations about the secret of his birth, how he was found as a baby in a sloop, drifting towards the shore, and how he was nicknamed “The little miracle”. He learned that he could be the son of either of three men: Anthonin, the rich ship chandler, Séraphin the poet, or Ernest his adoptive father. He embarks with Ernest, captain of the L’Hirondelle for Island, for a rude campaign of several months at sea. Also aboard the L’Hirondelle, we meet Xas, the nephew of the ship chandler. An ignorant brute, he parades a strange tattoo on his right cheek. He will bring misfortune to the ship…

Poor Frank. It’s hard being a kid in today’s world, but it’s even harder being the only kid from modern times stuck in prehistoric times. He knows everything, but no one ever listens: not even when he’s absolutely sure the volcano they’re living under is going to erupt any day now, dooming them all to a fiery death. And why would anyone listen? Lava is so convenient for cooking meat and providing central heating. Of course, that’s the moment baby Gargoyle decides to go missing. The search turns up old frenemies and new misunderstandings in the conclusion to the first arc of Frank’s adventures.

Three fearless (well, except for one) young boys beyond reproach (well except for one – the same one) share the same goal in life: to have as much fun as possible while getting in as little trouble as possible. To achieve that, they rely on their imagination, their determination… and a fair amount of luck! For no mere mortal could survive the adventures of these three horsemen of the “apocadispe” and the crushing defeats they constantly endure! The mayhem typically starts when they least expect it: in class, on a field trip to a museum, on a walk in the woods or during a ride in the car… and then before they know it, everything is spinning out of control!