A Library’s Approach to Books That Offend - City Room Blog - NYT. Ruby Washington/The New York TimesThe vault-like room in the Brooklyn Public Library where “Tintin au Congo” was reshelved after a patron took issue with the book.
The cartoonist Hergé is popular again, as is his adventurous reporter Tintin, who will be featured in a Steven Spielberg movie due out in 2011. But if you go to the Brooklyn Public Library seeking a copy of “Tintin au Congo,” Hergé’s second book in a series, prepare to make an appointment and wait days to see the book. To see the full article, subscribe here. Copper Country Writers.