Grandville

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2010

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978-1-59582-574-2
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Grandville is a Hugo Award nominated British graphic novel series written and drawn by Bryan Talbot. It is a mixture of the steampunk, alternative history and thriller genres. It is set in a world in which France won the Napoleonic Wars and invaded Britain, and in which the world is populated mostly by anthropomorphic animals. The main character is Detective Inspector Archibald "Archie" LeBrock of Scotland Yard, a British anthropomorphic badger. The plot of the first book, entitled Grandville and published on 15 October 2009, sees LeBrock investigating a murder which leads him to visit "Grandville" (Paris) in order to solve the crime, which itself leads him to uncover a political conspiracy. On page 55 LeBrock encounters a Mexican bear, who shouts at him “Badgers? We don’t need no steenking badgers!”In the second volume, Grandville Mon Amour, published on 2 December 2010, LeBrock attempts to track down an escaped serial …

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