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Mon 08 Aug 2008Book depicting womanising Tintin withdrawn
SPAIN:HIS SEXUALITY was always a closely guarded secret that his creator Hergé sought to preserve. But a Spanish version of one of Tintin's most famous tales, The Blue Lotus, has dared to suggest the intrepid Belgian reporter was a voracious lover.
Entitled The Pink Lotus, it contains graphic sex scenes that would raise the eyebrows of parents with young children.
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