The Grande Odalisque is a French graphic novel, translated in English by Fantagraphics, about a couple of art thieves, that are being paid to steal the famous painting of the same name from the Louvre. On the way to achieve this, they team up with an arms/drug dealer and a motorcycle stunt rider, they travel to Mexico, they even become drug dealers themselves.

All this stuff is actually most of the story, nothing more to go there. There is no actual character development either, however, there is a small story in the end about how our two main protagonists first met. The end leaves some questions unanswered, but there is a second tome in the series (maybe they will get answered there).

As far as the graphics are concerned, I really liked the very rich colour palette, the scenery and backgrounds are nice, too, and quite detailed at times. As for the faces, sometimes you can see the feelings being portrayed on them as if they were real. On the same time, in other panels, they look like they are empty.

Despite The Grande Odalisque not being very special, it did appeal to me and I will gladly read the second tome too.