num_pages: 160
description: 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 comic literature.
language: English
title: The Ascent of Rum Doodle
titlecomplete: The Ascent of Rum Doodle
characters: Shute, Constant, Wish, Jungle, Binder, Burley, Prone, Pong
genres: Adventure, Comedy, Mountaineering, Classics, British Literature, Travel, Humor, Novels, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 2879
publisher: Random House UK