Féroces Tropiques #[nn]

Bathed in scorching yellows and greens, Bellefroid's cover painting sets an immediately distinctive tone — a solitary figure in a loose suit and cap strides across a sun-bleached landscape, low buildings shimmering in the heat behind him. Published by Dupuis under the Aire Libre imprint in 2011, this collaboration between Pinelli and Bellefroid radiates the kind of literary ambition that imprint is known for. The painterly, almost impressionistic artwork promises something moody and atmospheric well before you open the first page.