{"product_id":"9780805087406","title":"The Ridiculous Race : 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ridiculous Race\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Steve Hely, Vali Chandrasekaran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt started as a friendly wager: two old friends from \u003ci\u003eThe Harvard Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ridiculous Race\u003c\/i\u003e 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!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eThe Ridiculous Race\u003c\/i\u003e. I laughed so much I almost died from a lack of oxygen reaching my brain.” —\u003ci\u003eSeth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…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.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Riotous fun.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hilarious.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reads like a 300-page Simpsons episode.” —\u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hilarious race around the world.” —\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is one of the funniest books I've read in years….The hilarity lasts the whole way.” —\u003ci\u003eAnne Stephenson, The Arizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805087406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594728091854,"sku":"9780805087406","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7b7bc468-a87a-493b-8533-e390234917f9.jpg?v=1637816347","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805087406","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}