I found this copy of The Crab with the Golden Claws in Oxfam on Kingsland Road where I'm working at the moment. It's entirely in Arabic and reads from back to front. It looks and feels very different to other TinTin books that I own- much cheaper stock and spreads alternating between black and white and full colour with frequent misregistrations.
Joe Kessler, who's wearing a different piece of TinTin clothing each time I see him (so I therefore trust is an authority on the subject) tells me it's a bootleg.
It got me looking at my collection that seems to have started in 1991 thanks to Big Daniel.
To Simon from Big Daniel 1991
Find me a copy and I'll make you a rich man
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