A review by naveennbhat
Obelix and Co. by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo

5.0

The book is a parody of capitalism: While Obelix could hunt boar before, he begins to overwork for the purpose of buying them. This pointless circle of money is something Obelix never understands in the first place, when all this stress could be prevented by simply hunting and living the simple life like before. Capitalism is also looked at as pointless through the fact that the only thing that represents it by being bought serves no practical purpose, as a menhir is simply a large stone. Laurel and Hardy, Goscinny and Uderzo themselves and their friend Pierre Tchernia appear as Roman legionaries.