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      Corto Maltese: The Early Years

      by Hugo Pratt
      Published
      Aug 2019
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      64
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      This short adventure tells the backstory of Corto Maltese first meeting Rasputin at the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

      The protagonist of this tale, actually, is not the 18-year-old Corto, but Rasputin, a deserter from a Siberian rifle regiment, and the writer Jack London, who was a war correspondent in the region at that time. London is already friends with Corto and introduces the sailor to the unpredictable Russian, who even as a young man kills with disconcerting ease and is ready to lie and betray without hesitation. It is, however, "the beginning of a beautiful friendship" that continues throughout the series. As a bonus, the book includes additional material that sets up the entire series, as well as several never-before published pages that Pratt intended for a continuation of the tale, in which Corto and Rasputin were to embark on a search for King Solomon's mines.

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      General Fiction

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      Graphic Novel

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      First Edition Aug 2019 IDW Publishing ISBN13 9781684055036 ISBN10 1684055032
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