I don't think the "Winnetou

I don't think the "Winnetou and Old Shatterhand" phenomenon is known outside of Europe. Two "wild west" characters created by a juvenile delinquent German writer (Karl May, he got done for scraping candle wax drippings!) who'd never set foot outside Germany. In his books a German bloke travels to the States, surveying for a train company. He befriends the local Apache tribe's Chief's son, they become bloodbrothers, he gets the nickname "Old Shatterhand" and the two have many exciting adventures involving tons of quirky characters. The tearjerker end of it all is Winnetou dies, proclaiming his undying love for our German hero. Sniff. Who promptly fucks off to North Africa and becomes Kara ben Nemsi, hero of the desert! I think he picks up an Arab servant too. It's all very un-PC, in no less than 50 lovely books. Delicious. Yes, read most of them, no don't remember much, it's been a while.