The Ascent of Rum Doodle
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Verlag:David R. Godine Publisher
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.03.2019
Verlag
David R. Godine PublisherMaße (L/B/H)
21,4/13,2/1,3 cm
Gewicht
230 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-56792-630-9
Loosely modelled on a 1937 account of Bill Tilman's Nanda Devi expedition, The Ascent of Rum Doodle riotously parodies the familiar tropes of 1950s mountaineering literature. Bowman's intrepid cast of characters may come from all walks of life, but are similarly at a loss when it comes to their supposed specialties... Prone, the expedition's doctor, is constantly incapacitated by sudden illnesses; Jungle, charged with navigation, is forever losing his way and cabling for money from obscure locations; and Constant, who alone speaks the native language of their guides and porters, through linguistic error provokes not just one but several riots. Led by Binder, whose narration would have you believe his crew and mission to represent nothing short of historic bravery and grit, these daring incompetents cut their path to the summit (sort of).
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A hidden gem of a book!
Bewertung (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 19.11.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2658158
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The fictional account of a team of British explorers and their quest to be the first to reach the summit of the (also fictional) mountain Rum Doodle. I stumbled on this book by accident and read it in a day - it is short, tremendously amusing with its cast of hopelessly inept and oblivious characters and their escapades. A classic among mountaineers, it spoofs the diaries of famous expeditions in style and content - it is a classic.
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Reinhold wouldn´t make it to this summit!
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