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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILL BRYSON
An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak,The Ascent of Rum Doodlehas 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.
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An English comic novel about a World War II expedition to a Himalayan peak.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILL BRYSONAn 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 sets out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas.
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Autorenportrait
- W. E. Bowman was a civil engineer who spent his free time hill-walking, painting and writing (unpublished) books on the Theory of Relativity.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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Schlagzeile
- 'A hilarious spoof and perfect parody of Britishness...it shames what now claims to be comedy' <i>The Times</i>
Detailansicht
The Ascent Of Rum Doodle
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781446468401
Umbreit-Nr.: 6457500
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 192 S., 0.98 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 31.08.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM