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Operation Getafix

(Coup du Menhir)

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Details

Author(s):René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):Albert Uderzo
Translator(s):Anthea Bell
Derek Hockridge
Publisher(s): Hodder & Stoughton
Year Published: 1990
Type: Hardcover
Softcover
Genre: Adventure
European
Historical Fiction - Roman
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 48
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0340529458
ISBN-13: 9780340529454
OCLC: 319851841

Description

A carelessly thrown menhir (Obelix) deprives the druid (Getafix) of his memory and no one else can make the magic potion. This is the book of the film The Big Fight, based on Asterix and the Soothsayer and Asterix and the Big Fight.

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Other Editions

Asterix and the Big Fight (1974)

Getaflix needs to make a magic potion of invincibility so Vitalstatistix can defeat Cassius. But a flying menhir hits Getaflix and he no longer remembers how to make his magic potion. Can Asterix help restore Getaflix’s memory?

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Publisher: Brockhampton Press
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Asterix and the Soothsayer (1975)

A sinister visitor arrives in the little village where Asterix lives. The townsfolk believe every word he says. Only Asterix knows better.

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Publisher: Brockhampton Press
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