Glorious installment into the series: fast moving, funny, a real thrilling adventure. What could be romantic than a story about buried treasure? Although this is set mostly in town, there are flashbacks to Haddock's ancestor, and the wonderful Marlinspike Hall. It's simply great fun, close to perfection as these things go, and when Tintin says come back for Red Rackham's Treasure, you nearly want to cheer.Haddock has thrown off the weaknesses of The Crab with the Golden Claws and the tentativeness of The Shooting Star to become a fine, flourishing character - you can feel Herge get increasingly excited by the possibilities of him (the writer increasingly identified with the stressed-out captain in later years).
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