Road to Mars by Eric Idle

Road to Mars by Eric Idle

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'Part biting satire, part loony vaudeville, part comic disseration, The Road to Mars will make you bark' Robin Williams

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Road to Mars by Eric Idle

Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author and composer of comedic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group Monty Python. He is the author of a fiction novel titled Road To Mars.
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ISBN 13 9780330481809
ISBN 10 0330481800
Title Road to Mars
Author Eric Idle
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2000-09-08
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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