这是《 丁丁历险记 》的第23部作品，也是《丁丁历险记》中最后一部完整作品。
船长和丁丁他们卷入了一场政治争论中，船长气愤地赶到他们那里去澄清事实，却成为斯庞兹的人质。丁丁他们逃到了阿尔卡扎将军的游击队中，但为了拯救他们的朋友杜帮杜邦和卡丝塔菲果，他们决定帮助阿尔卡扎将军发动革命以夺取政权。于是他们决定在狂欢节行动……
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.