Quai d'Orsay, tome 2 : Chroniques diplomatiques

This is the second volume of a graphic novel series about the foreign affairs minister (equivalent to the american secretary of state) of France and the comings and goings of his team, all of it seen from the eyes of one of his junior speech-writers. The minister is thinly disguised Dominique de Villepin and the president is thinly disguised Jacques Chirac. This volume follows the times immediately before the Iraq invasion by the USA, with all the maneuvering that went behind curtains to get the UN's approval for the invasion. It is highly entertaining and every single characters is extremely engaging. The writing is superb. The writer is an anonymous diplomat that writes this series under a pseudonym. He seems to have been right in the middle of it all, making for a very "true" book. The art is also perfect.In general I do not like Blain's art, although I like his books. However, in this case, his art serves the story so perfectly that any change would have made for a worst book. Go read it
Story: 5
Art: 4.8
Overall: 4.9