The Wedding Crashers by Jean Léturgie

Why read the book?

Samuel Parker, the greying sheriff of Hadley City, is about to wed and has promised to hang up his star after the ceremony. Years ago he sent the Daltons to jail, and when the brothers hear the happy news they escape, set on killing him in the middle of his own wedding. Lucky Luke, an old friend of Parker, has been invited to celebrate.

What follows leans hard on the film High Noon, with a tired lawman counting down to a showdown while the town looks the other way. Luke has to keep the peace, calm the bride and head off four very motivated wedding crashers before the vows are spoken.

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What I Loved

The High Noon parody gives the album a clear, ticking shape, and the wedding setting adds plenty of chances for chaos.

Parker is a sympathetic old hand, and the gag of the Daltons treating a wedding as the perfect ambush is grimly funny. Fauche and Leturgie pile on the slapstick, and the race to keep the groom alive carries the day.

Key Takeaway

No wedding is truly safe while four old grudges are still in jail.

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