The Ascent Of Rum Doodle (Vintage Classics)

Author: W. E. Bowman

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Price : $22.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780099530381
Publisher : Penguin Random House
Imprint : Vintage
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Weight (g) : 0.162
Publication date : 01 January 2010
Dimensions : 20.00 cmmm X 12.70 cmmm X 1.30 cmmm
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Description

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite since its publication in 1956. Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. http://www.rumdoodle.org.uk/

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'A hilarious spoof and perfect parody of Britishness...it shames what now claims to be comedy' The Times

Author description

W. E. Bowman was a civil engineer who spent his free time hill-walking, painting and writing (unpublished) books on the Theory of Relativity. He was married with two children and died in 1985.

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