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  <title><![CDATA[The Ridiculous Race]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Vali Chandrasekaran]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The other day, as I was reading this book, I found my husband staring at me with a smile on his face. &quot;What?&quot; I asked. &quot;You just have a really contented look on your face,&quot; he said. &quot;You look like you're going to burst out laughing at any moment.&quot;<br/><br/>I think tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47565824">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun, light reading, perfect for a plane or train ride, though sadly I read it at home.  Not quite your ordinary travel guide since the boys do get to places very few of us will ever visit voluntarily. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's what I learned from this book: those who can, do. Those who can't, write for television. Seriously, this is a book about the most incompetent travelers ever to make it back home without losing a limb. And I realize that was part of their shtick, but even when they're not being incompetent for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44260237">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm 75 pages into this 315 page failing effort to be really really funny.  The conceit is that the two young TV sitcom writers will be provide laugh-a-minute descriptions of their race to get around the world without using airplanes, one heading east, the other west.  There is an obvious difference ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41239557">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Ridiculous Race</u> is one of the funniest books I've read in a very long time. Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaren are both television screen writers. Longing for the days of 19th century British gentlemen's clubs where outlandish wagers are made, Steve and Vali made such a wager themselves: a race ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65495827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran and their race around with world without the use of airplanes.  The first one of them back to Los Angeles collects a rather expensive bottle of scotch. Vali heads east and Steve heads west; the result: <u> The Ridiculous Race </u>. Readers get to follow Steve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75159240">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book Overview<br/><br/>In 2007, two friends -- Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran -- embarked on a race around the world without using airplanes. Steve traveled West, and Vali traveled East. The first guy who circled the planet and make it back to Los Angeles would be declared the winner. The priz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62409503">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I paused before rating this book a &quot;5&quot; because it's more silly humor than true literature ... but I really did enjoy it that much. John can attest that I actually laughed out loud many times (and I'm really not a giggler). It's a perfect book for the busy working mom because instead of lon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38259400">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23097737">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so fucking funny I can't tell if the authors are con artists or geniuses. Repeatedly I laughed to the point of embarrassment and read passages aloud to friends. Just go read the first five pages somewhere and you'll see what I mean.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is just a fun summer read.  Most travel books are pretentious and snobby.  It's certainly nothing like books where the author tell you how much better he/she is than you because of some major epiphany they had while traversing India on an elephant and how the author has reached a stage of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68691817">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39554901">
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    <body><![CDATA[Oooh, delicious.  These guys are young, and they're GUY-GUYs, and normally I can't relate to that perspective, but they're also smart (went to Harvard.)  They challenge each other to a race around the world, one going east and the other west, with the only rule &quot;no airplanes.&quot;  Everything ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39554901">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41024468">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a non-fiction book that takes the idea of <strong> Around the World in 80 Days  </strong> and updates it, sort of. Two friends decide to race around the world, with the stipulation that they can't use air travel.<br/><br/>One goes east and one goes west and they are supposed to return to California. The wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41024468">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big fan of funny books, and a big fan of books about exotic travel locations and experiences.  This book was the perfect read for me!  It's organized into very small anecdotes written by one or the other of the authors about their experiences racing around the world from opposite directions an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30940705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26428110">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to read this book after reading about it in <em>Entertainment Weekly</em>.  Two friends make a bet to see who can race around the world the quickest - without using airplanes.  They also make a few other bets along the way, like who can win in the &quot;Awesomeness Content&quot; and who can visit t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26428110">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of two men, both writers for comedy shows, who make a &quot;gentleman's bet&quot; to circumvent the world using everything but airplanes. The problem?...these are not gentlemen. The first one back gets a bottle of the most expensive Scotch they can find in LA. <br/> <br/>First off one of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34358437">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could understand someone saying they found the guys (esp Vali!) to be jerks, and disliked the book, but I really liked it. Vali offers insights into being non-white in places like Russia and Dubai, while Steve manages to write interesting accounts of his two ocean voyages. I was left wondering how...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70066308">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't laughed while reading a book as much as I did reading this one in a while.  It is exactly what you would expect from a couple of television comedy writers (My Name is Earl and Family Guy!) who decide to race around the world without using airplanes. While their comedic talents really shine...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31804646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amusing account of two guys who race around the world - starting in LA - one going east, one going west - all without planes.  It made me laugh out loud several times and had great stories of the often amusing/frustrating moments of international travel.  And I was psyched to learn that, like me, St...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42886772">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of two friends/TV writers (Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran) who challenged each other to a race around the world, without airplanes.   The prize is an expensive, aged bottle of scotch.  In addition to finishing the race first, they also worked to have the best stories to tell......<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32381019">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Sun Mar 15 18:21:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got rather tired of the &quot;racers&quot; talking about how many books they had to sell to pay for the trip, how much they drank, how often one guy cheated (total of 10 times) and how cool they were. I would have loved to know what the people they encountered thought of them.  There were a couple...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47590527">more...</a>]]></body>
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