Nestor Burma - Stress um Strapse

Nicolas Barral adapts Léo Malet’s classic Nestor Burma detective novel Stress um Strapse into a single, sleek graphic novel from Schreiber & Leser, first published in 2014. Barral both writes and illustrates the story, bringing the hard-boiled Parisian private eye to life with his crisp, expressive style. This series entry distills Malet’s atmospheric noir into a standalone comic, offering a self-contained mystery that showcases the enduring appeal of one of French crime fiction’s most iconic characters.