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Asterix at the Olympic Games | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 45729
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.4 x 0.1
ISBN: 0752866273
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5944
EAN: 9780752866277
ASIN: 0752866273
Publication Date: July 22, 2004
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 Good to middling adventure August 27, 2007
Lou Knee (England)
Good, but not one of the best, in my mind. A rather small story gets our heroes a bit hemmed in. I agree the satire is good, and way too subtle and worldly for ten year olds, that's why these books were always as much for the parents as they were the kids.
 Simply the best March 27, 2006
smartyp (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved Asterix when I was a boy, now my son loves them. Of all the books this is the one I remember most fondly. It has some of the very best characters, classical allusions and gags. And all so educational too..
Asterix competes for Olympic glory September 3, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
'Asterix at the Olympic Games' is the 12th of 31 adventures published between 1961and 2001; This adventure is from 1968, now re-released in a re-inked and re-coloured edition. The story is set in the time of the ancient Athens Olympics (and this review is written during the modern Athens Olympics). The Gauls travel to Greece to compete in the Games, intending to win a Palm of Victory with the use of their magic potion. A classic adventure, which I would rate in the top 10 stories. Highlights include the Gauls travelling to Greece, behaving as if they are on an 18-90 holiday; The demoralising of the Roman athletes; The picturesque descriptions of the local Greek populace and the Olympic stadia. There is satirical comment on drug taking in Sport, and thirty years after first reading this book, I finally got the joke about the athlete from Rhodes. This adventure is so good because it has a strong story, in which not everything appears to go the Gauls' own way. This re-inked and re-coloured edition improves little on the original 1972 UK edition, but is still fresh and pleasant.
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