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By (author) Rene Goscinny; By (author) Goscinny

Short /annotation:
Iznogoud is Grand Vizier to Haroun al Plassid, ruler of Baghdad. And he has only one dream: becoming Caliph instead of the Caliph. With the lazy assistance of his faithful servant Wa”at Alahf, he tries his worst again and again-to no avail. But the usually oblivious Caliph has finally caught a hint of Iznogoud”s evil reputation among the people.

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Iznogoud is Grand Vizier to Haroun al Plassid, ruler of Baghdad. And he has only one dream: becoming Caliph instead of the Caliph. With the lazy assistance of his faithful servant Wa”at Alahf, he tries his worst again and again-to no avail. But the usually oblivious Caliph has finally caught a hint of Iznogoud”s evil reputation among the people. To help the one he believes to be his friend, he sets off on a quest to find the legendary vegetable that brings out a man”s kinder nature: the carrot.

Biographical note:
Rene Goscinny, also the author ofLucky LukeA” and creator ofAsterix,A” is one of the most-read French writers in the world with around 500 million sales worldwide. Jean Tabary started his career in 1956 at the French comics magazine Vaillant-later renamed Pif-for which he drewRichard et Charlie,A”TotocheA” andCorinne et JeannotA” before starting his long-lasting collaboration with Goscinny in 1962.