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Steve Hely Vali Chandrasekaran The Ridiculous Race (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Ridiculous Race : 26000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes
- Publication Name
- The Ridiculous Race
- Title
- The Ridiculous Race
- ISBN-10
- 0805087400
- EAN
- 9780805087406
- ISBN
- 9780805087406
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2008
- Release Date
- 01/07/2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Genre
- Travel
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Topic
- Essays & Travelogues
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 3.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world--for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch It started as a friendly wager: two old friends from The Harvard Lampoon , Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran now hotshot Hollywood scribes, challenged each other to a race around the globe in opposite directions. There was only one rule: no airplanes. The first man to cross every line of longitude and arrive back in L.A. would win Scotch and infamy. But little did one racer know that the other planned to cheat him out of the big prize by way of a ride on a quarter-million-dollar jet pack. What follows is a pair of hilarious, hazardous, and eye-opening journeys into the farthest corners of the world. From the West Bank to the Aleutian Islands, the slums of Rio to the steppes of Mongolia, traveling by ocean freighter and the Trans-Siberian Railway (pranking each other mercilessly along the way), Vali and Steve plunge eagerly and ill-prepared into global adventure. The Ridiculous Race is a comic travelogue unlike any other, an outrageous tale of two gentlemen travelers who can't wait to don baggy cardigan sweaters, clench corncob pipes between their teeth, and yell at their sons, "You lazy bums! When we were your age, we raced around the world without airplanes!"
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805087400
ISBN-13
9780805087406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64067946
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ridiculous Race : 26000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Travel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
G465.H456 2008
Reviews
...will make readers laugh and cry, often simultaneously. Hely's Victorian notions of world travel and the glory of bygone eras provide the perfect foil for Chandrasekaran's glib embrace of the comforts of modern life. Their comically inoffensive braggadocio is akin to your older brother's tales of his misspent youth; Chandrasekaran and Hely might be slightly obnoxious, but therein lies their charm. Hilarious travel writing for the chronically snarky., "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy ofThe Ridiculous Race. I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain."-Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!"…will make readers laugh and cry, often simultaneously. Hely's Victorian notions of world travel and the glory of bygone eras provide the perfect foil for Chandrasekaran's glib embrace of the comforts of modern life. Their comically inoffensive braggadocio is akin to your older brother's tales of his misspent youth; Chandrasekaran and Hely might be slightly obnoxious, but therein lies their charm. Hilarious travel writing for the chronically snarky."-Kirkus Reviews"Riotous fun."-People Magazine"Hilarious."-Entertainment Weekly "Reads like a 300-page Simpsons episode."-WIRED "Hilarious race around the world."-Publisher's Weekly "This is one of the funniest books I've read in years….The hilarity lasts the whole way."-Anne Stephenson,The Arizona Republic, "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy of The Ridiculous Race . I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain."-Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad! "…will make readers laugh and cry, often simultaneously. Hely's Victorian notions of world travel and the glory of bygone eras provide the perfect foil for Chandrasekaran's glib embrace of the comforts of modern life. Their comically inoffensive braggadocio is akin to your older brother's tales of his misspent youth; Chandrasekaran and Hely might be slightly obnoxious, but therein lies their charm. Hilarious travel writing for the chronically snarky."- Kirkus Reviews "Riotous fun."- People Magazine "Hilarious."- Entertainment Weekly "Reads like a 300-page Simpsons episode."- WIRED "Hilarious race around the world."- Publisher's Weekly "This is one of the funniest books I've read in years….The hilarity lasts the whole way."-Anne Stephenson, The Arizona Republic, No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy of The Ridiculous Race . I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain., "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy of The Ridiculous Race . I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain."Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad! "...will make readers laugh and cry, often simultaneously. Hely's Victorian notions of world travel and the glory of bygone eras provide the perfect foil for Chandrasekaran's glib embrace of the comforts of modern life. Their comically inoffensive braggadocio is akin to your older brother's tales of his misspent youth; Chandrasekaran and Hely might be slightly obnoxious, but therein lies their charm. Hilarious travel writing for the chronically snarky." Kirkus Reviews "Riotous fun." People Magazine "Hilarious." Entertainment Weekly "Reads like a 300-page Simpsons episode." WIRED "Hilarious race around the world." Publisher's Weekly "This is one of the funniest books I've read in years....The hilarity lasts the whole way."Anne Stephenson, The Arizona Republic, "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy of The Ridiculous Race . I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain." -- Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad! "...will make readers laugh and cry, often simultaneously. Hely's Victorian notions of world travel and the glory of bygone eras provide the perfect foil for Chandrasekaran's glib embrace of the comforts of modern life. Their comically inoffensive braggadocio is akin to your older brother's tales of his misspent youth; Chandrasekaran and Hely might be slightly obnoxious, but therein lies their charm. Hilarious travel writing for the chronically snarky." -- Kirkus Reviews "Riotous fun." -- People Magazine "Hilarious." -- Entertainment Weekly "Reads like a 300-page Simpsons episode." -- WIRED "Hilarious race around the world." -- Publisher's Weekly "This is one of the funniest books I've read in years....The hilarity lasts the whole way." -- Anne Stephenson, The Arizona Republic, "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy ofThe Ridiculous Race. I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain."-Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!, "No one should set off for a plane ride, a day at the beach, or a lengthy visit to the bathroom without a copy ofThe Ridiculous Race. I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain."Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2008-003263
Intended Audience
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