Into Hot Air

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Into Hot Air
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First US edition cover
Author Chris Elliott
Publisher Weinstein Company
Pages352 (US hardback)
ISBN 1-60286-007-6
OCLC 154694540
813/.6 22
LC Class PS3605.L4453 I58 2007

Into Hot Air is a 2007 book written by American comedian and author Chris Elliott, and published by the Weinstein Company in the United States.

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2007.

Chris Elliott American actor, writer and comedian

Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman, starring in the comedy series Get a Life on Fox TV and Eagleheart on Adult Swim, as well as his recurring roles as Peter MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond and as Mickey Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother. He has also starred in the films Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary, Scary Movie 2, and Groundhog Day. He is currently starring as Roland Schitt on CBC Television's Schitt's Creek.

The book is a parody of celebrity and adventure memoirs. [1] Its title references Jon Krakauer's 1996 Into Thin Air , a memoir of an expedition to climb Mount Everest that resulted in the deaths of eight climbers. [2]

Jon Krakauer American writer and journalist

Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.

<i>Into Thin Air</i> A 1997 account of The Mt. Everest disaster

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants.

Mount Everest Earths highest mountain, part of the Himalaya between Nepal and Tibet

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References

  1. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (Nov 1, 2007). "Book Review: Into Hot Air". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2009.Cite news requires |newspaper= (help)
  2. Rahner, Mark (25 November 2007). "Chris Elliott "writes" a "novel"". Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 April 2009.Cite news requires |newspaper= (help)