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	• The Ascent of Rum Doodle W.E. Bowman Random House UK, 2001 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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Monty Pythonesq Humor

This humerous short novel is about a group of inept mountaineers who attempt to climb the world's highest mountain, the fictional Rum Doodle. The style is sort of low-key Monty Python, understated absurdity. The group is made up of men particularly unsuited for their primary function in the expedition, such as the doctor who is constantly down with one illness or another or the route finder who cannot leave his tent without getting lost. While not chock full of belly laughs as some reviews would have you believe, the book is amusing and a fun read.

You don't have to be a mountaineer ...

... to be rendered helpless with laughter on reading this book. Its humour - both gross and subtle - is unrelenting, paragraph after paragraph. What a lovely find!

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