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Book at Bedtime: The Ascent of Rum Doodle: 1

on BBC Radio 4 FM

W.E. Bowman's spoof mountaineering memoir, first published in 1956, about the British assault on a fictitious Himalayan peak. A cult comic classic abridged and read by Terry Wale.

"After three hectic months of preparation we met in London on the eve of our departure. Only Jungle was absent. He rang up to say that he had taken the wrong bus. But he had just caught sight of the North Star and expected to join us shortly...."

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Author:
W.E. Bowman
Abridged by/Reader:
Terry Wale
Producer:
David Jackson Young

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