The Ridiculous Race by Steve Hely & Vali Chandrasekaran

About this book - This book will grab you from the start and then fail to deliver. I loved reading the first 100 pages but then just got annoyed. Everything is fun and exciting to begin and the writing is good, but when they setup this race and then cheat by not following the rules it becomes a mess of slacker meets competition. I do recommend this book to some friends but the recommendations come selectively. As a book of humor this book rates 4/5 as a book of adventure this book rates 3/5 as a book of travel this book would be a 2/5. So if you need a good laugh but have no interest in integrity or world travel then check it out and I promise you'll smile more than once.


About the authors - Steve Hely - Hely attended the Roxbury Latin School, where he was an avid cross-country runner, an actor, and editor of the literary magazine. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While at Harvard, Hely served two terms as the president of the Harvard Lampoon.


<sup>Vali Chandrasekaran - Vali Chandrasekaran writes for television’s My Name Is Earl. In 2006, his script Jump for Joy was nominated for a Writer’s Guild Award. He has been an editor of The Harvard Lampoon and a management consultant for Boston Consulting Group, and he runs the Web site Vali’s Views. In a memorable turn on-screen, he played the role of “Vali” on the NBC hit comedy The Office.


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