| #1335947 in Books | Random House UK | 2001-10-01 | 2001-12-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.83 x.59 x5.08l, | File Name: 071266808X | 160 pages |
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Muddling through in the best tradition of the Empire|By Mr. Joe|"For most people, it appears, RUM DOODLE is the funniest book they have never heard of." - Bill Bryson, in the Introduction to THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE
Even if you've never climbed, or thought in your life to climb, an Asian massif, THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE is worth a couple of hours of your time. The b|From Publishers Weekly|A bumbling group of British mountaineers mounts an assault on Rum Doodle, a slightly higher neighbor of Everest, in Bowman's parody novel, which was published in 1956 and became a classic within the climbing community. Bowman cobbles toge
First published in 1956, The Ascent of Rum Doodle quickly became a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a peak in the Himalayas, many thought it was inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavor and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nandi Devi expedition. The book’s central and unforgettable character, Binder, is one of the finest creations in... [PDF.dk78] The Ascent of Rum Doodle Rating: 4.75 (754 Votes)
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