Tarzan set to swing into 21st century with new series of novels
Edgar Rice Burroughs estate backs new series of children's books by author Andy Briggs, designed to bring the bare-chested jungle hero up to date
Jane has an iPod and Tarzan is facing up to environmental catastrophe: following literary excursions into the childhoods of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, readers are now set to venture into the teenage years of a 21st-century Lord of the Jungle.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 30 June, 2010
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