The accidental adventures of Victor Levallois, a timid accountant that gets pulled into a life of danger. It all started in 1948 when Victor was entrusted with an unusual errand: deliver a suitcase to the port of Marseilles. But, when the suitcase is stolen, Victor finds himself bound for Saigon and the decadence, intrigue and adventure of a colonial war!
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Born in 1959, Laurent Rullier is a French comics writer. A historian by training, he was a freelance journalist who together with Stanislas created the adventures of Victor Levallois, whom he described as “a Nick Hornby hero in a Joseph Conrad novel.” He also contributed to the TV adaptations of Spirou, Kid Paddle and Papyrus and in 2005 created a new series ‘Antoine Sèvres’, about a monk who must solve a series of murders.
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Seller: Adventures Underground, Richland, WA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. Stanislas (illustrator). New Graphic Novel. Seller Inventory # 724763
Seller: LiLi - La Liberté des Livres, CANEJAN, France
Condition: as new. Stanislas (illustrator). vendeur professionnel; envoi soigne en 24/48h. Seller Inventory # 2509120008302
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Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stanislas (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Humanoids Publishing, 2016. First edition in English, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Softbound, with French flaps. Fine. A tight, clean copy with no faults. Octavo, 200 pages. Full-color graphic novel, written by Laurent Rullier and illustrated by Stanislas Barthélémy. Laurent Rullier's "By the Numbers" (La Vie en chiffres) is a satirical graphic novel about a man who lives his entire life by exact numerical calculation, until his obsession with order collides with the chaos of the real world. Rullier is a French comics writer known for Taxi Girl and other bande dessinée works; "By the Numbers" is his best-known book in English translation. This edition introduces English readers to his collaboration with Stanislas, a founding member of the French comics collective L'Association. Seller Inventory # Graphic-Novels-Rullier