The Ascent of Rum-Doodle

THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE. By W. E. Bowman. Pp. 134, reprint 1983. (first published 1956). (Arrow Books, London, £ 1.75).

Many eyebrows may be raised at the inclusion of this review. Somehow this book was never reviewed in the H.J. Someone may feel that our readers don’t care for a laugh for this is certainly ‘one of the funniest books for years’. It has held its charm from 1956 and certainly justifies the comment on the first page; …. ‘The Ascent of Rum Doodle should be stocked in every home. Two copies, if you have a daughter’.

It is a must for all the mountain lovers and it must be brought to a ‘formal’ inclusion in the list of books covered, so that the editors are not ‘laughed at’ for its earlier non-inclusion!

Harish Kapadia.