Herge's Tintin cartoon adventures have been translated into more
than fifty languages and read by tens of millions of children aged,
as their publishers like to say, 'from 7 to 77'. Arguing that their
characters are as strong and their plots as complex as any dreamt
up by the great novelists, Tom McCarthy asks a simple question: is
Tintin literature? McCarthy takes a cue from Tintin himself, who
spends much of his time tracking down illicit radio signals,
entering crypts and decoding puzzles and suggests that we too need
to 'tune in' and decode if we want to capture what's going on in
Herge's work. What emerges is a remarkable story of hushed-up royal
descent in both Herge's work and his own family history. McCarthy
shows how the themes this story generates - expulsion from home,
violation of the sacred, the host-guest relationship turned sour
and anxieties around questions of forgery and fakeness - are the
same that have fuelled and troubled writers from the classical era
to the present day. His startling conclusion is that Tintin's
ultimate 'secret' is that of literature itself. Appearing on the
eve of the release of a major Steven Spielberg Tintin film, Tintin
and the Secret of Literature should be avidly devoured by not only
Tintin lovers but also by anyone with an interest in literature,
philosophy or art.
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