這是《 丁丁歷險記 》的第23部作品，也是《丁丁歷險記》中最后一部完整作品。
船長和丁丁他們卷入了一場政治爭論中，船長氣憤地趕到他們那里去澄清事實，卻成為斯龐茲的人質。丁丁他們逃到了阿爾卡扎將軍的游擊隊中，但為了拯救他們的朋友杜幫杜邦和卡絲塔菲果，他們決定幫助阿爾卡扎將軍發動革命以奪取政權。于是他們決定在狂歡節行動……
The classic graphic novel. Bianca Castafiore, Thomson and Thompson are being imprisoned for allegedly attempting to overthrow General Tapioca's dictatorship. Tintin, Professor Calculus, and Captain Haddock set out to clear their friends' names.

Hergé, one of the most famous Belgians in the world, was a comics writer and artist. The internationally successful Adventures of Tintin are his most well-known and beloved works. They have been translated into 38 different languages and have inspired such legends as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He wrote and illustrated for The Adventures of Tintin until his death in 1983.