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Asterix and the Normans (Asterix (Orion Paperback))

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The Normans have no fear...so it is practically impossible to cure hiccups...and their names all end in 'af'!...This book is marvellous and will keep you filled with laughter. Buy it! buy it! (Or borrow it from a friend, read it, and then you'll understand why you'll want your own copy)

Fight or flight, sayings say. Vikings from Norway take this to heart, it seems. They know no fear, and when they do, they believe they will be able to fly. Where will they learn fear? In Gaul, they say, so off they go. At the village in Gaul, Vitalstatistix's nephew, Jusforkix, is visiting. He doesn't know the meaning of courage, but he knows all about music...

It's not my favorite, but Asterix #9, "Asterix and the Normans" (1966) gets pretty funny in parts. I like Justforkix.

A relative of Vitalstatistix's sends his son to him for some toughening up training, as he is a party boy that likes fast cars, not your manly Gaulish warrior types.

When some fearless Normans invade on a scientific expedition to discover the meaning of fear, the young lad packs death, but is exactly the man that the Normans want.

I like Asterix and the Normans a lot because, the Normans are very much like the Gauls. Finally Asterix and Obelix have finally met their match.

One of those adventures you enjoy reading, fun for any kid or adult.

Rene Goscinny, Asterix and the Normans (Dargaud, 1966)

The indomitable Gauls have to face both the Normans, who don't know the meaning of the word "fear," and modernity, in the form of Vitalstatistix' Lutetian nephew Justforkix. Justforkix has been sent to the Gaulish vilage to "make a man of him;" what better way than a bunch of rapacious Normans? The usual fun. ***