ASTERIX ALBUM 07: ASTERIX AND THE BIG FIGHT

Product DescriptionA collaborator in ancient Gaul? Chief Cassius Ceramix has gone over to the Roman enemy. There's something very fishy going on as Legionary Infirmofpurpus discovers when he is sent to spy on the Gauls disguised as a crab apple tree. But is that just a red herring? And what about the two concussed druids brewing colourful potions? One way or another the fight for control of the village between Vitalstatistix and his rival is bound to be a knockout.ReviewA cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry and a text layered with such glorious wordplay satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.?TIME OUTThe Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. In Asterix one finds all of human life. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. I have read them all in many languages and like all great literature they are best in English. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge Asterix's translators since the very beginning have made great books into eternal flames.?THE TIMESBook DescriptionThe seventh album chronicling the much-loved adventures of Asterix and friends.About the AuthorRene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926 and spent most of his childhood in Argentina before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation Asterix made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. ASTERIX THE GAUL their first album was published in 1961 and there have now been 35 Asterix albums.