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Comedian Chris Elliott stumbles upon evidence that Sir Edmund Hillary had not been the first person to reach the peak of Mount Everest, when the diary of his Great Uncle Percy Brackett Elliott, an eccentric adventurer who had vanished decades earlier while attempting to ascend Everest, mysteriously appears on his doorstep. By the author of The Shroud of the Thwacker. 100,000 first printing.
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Chris Elliott is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and comedian. He wrote for and performed on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman and starred in the FOX sitcom Get a Life and the films Cabin Boy and There’s Something About Mary. He most recently co-starred in Everybody Loves Raymond. His first novel, The Shroud of the Thwacker, was published in 2005 to rave reviews. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.
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Elliot spoofs everything from survival adventures to celebrity charities to his own failed acting career in his goofy second novel. Narrator Chris Elliott's desire to mount Mount Everest ignites when he is mysteriously sent the diary of his great-uncle Percy, detailing Percy's failed Everest expedition. Hoping to unravel the mystery of Percy's disappearance, Chris and his best friend Wendell plan a trip up the mountain. Together they head to the Mountain Maniacs headquarters (where the décor is retro Katrina chic) and convince climber, bail bondsman and bounty hunter Duncan Carter to lead their expedition. With only pocket change to fund their journey, Chris recruits celebs to participate and underwrite the trek. Quickly in over their heads, the expedition members discover that if the elements don't kill them, Uncle Percy's secrets might. Elliot makes stupidity an art form (the aircraft was.... constructed entirely out of yeast paste and horse hair), but beyond the crassness and juvenile humor, there are a few flashes of sharp commentary. The work is more silly than satiric, and since Elliot doesn't take himself too seriously, perhaps the reader shouldn't, either. (Nov.)
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- PublisherWeinstein Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1602860076
- ISBN 13 9781602860070
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages352
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