Dutch Connection: Largo Winch 3 [Paperback]

Van Jean Hamme (Author), Philippe Franq (Illustrator)

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Series: Largo Winch | Publication Date: April 16, 2009

The jeans-wearing billionaire is down and out in Paris! In H, Largo is giving a cocktail party to launch his foundation for war orphans when a waiter brings out a colleague's severed head on a tray. He has been murdered by drug traffickers Largo is after. In a matter of hours, the billionaire's life is turned upside down. In Dutch Connection, two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo, and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he's accused of being part of the international heroin trade. Largo flees to Paris and ends up in the homeless community, with little hope of escaping the dire fate that awaits him: a lifetime jail sentence.

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About the Author

Jean Van Hamme is one of the best-known European script writers. His most popular series include Thorgal (Cinebook) and XIII (Dargaud). In 2005, he was appointed A"Officier des Arts et des LettresA" By the French Minister of Culture. Philippe Francq worked at the Herge Studios with Bob de Moor. He then collaborated with Bob de Groot and Francis Delvaux before meeting Van Hamme and working on Largo Winch.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cinebook, Ltd; Tra edition (April 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905460783
• ISBN-13: 978-1905460786
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly slapstick downturn in exceptional series, April 17, 2009

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This review is from: Dutch Connection: Largo Winch 3 (Paperback)

argo Winch: The Dutch Connection (Francq / Van Hammer) is the third collection of the Largo Winch series to be published in English by Cinebook. Like the two before it (and the zillion to follow), it contains one story arc, broken in half at the moment of greatest tension.

Largo Winch is a billionaire playboy, owner of the globe-spanning 'W' corporation. He's good with knives, the ladies and handling threats (however unconventional) to his business empire. The Largo Winch series is never high art. Winch leaps around the world like a crazed salmon, shagging the ladyfolk and stabbing his enemies. The adventures are punctuated by slapstick humor, but, underneath the boobs and the blades, the stories are surprisingly good mysteries with an affable, enjoyable lead character.

The Dutch Connection is the weakest story so far, and it overcompensates with extra breasts and slapstick. Someone is using Largo's business empire to shuttle heroin around the world. The cops think it is Largo, so he's forced to go rogue to find out who the real bad guy is. There's action a-plenty, but unlike the other stories, there's very little mystery or intrigue. The bulk of the story is told via lengthy exposition (huge blocks of text). Largo's cunning plans and sneaky surprises - which are normally more 'open' with the reader - take place with no forewarning (however subtle). The result is a very linear story that doesn't engage the reader to the same degree as the first two collections. The series has dipped from a Showtime series to a Cinemax action flick. With book 4, we'll see if the trend reverses itself.