HB had 6 months on the Sunday Times Bestseller list, reaching Number 3. 186,000 copies sold in HB An essential purchase for the army of new LOTR fans. Published to coincide with the media blitz surrounding the release of the third of the Lord of the Rings Films. Cruelly funny, but like all effective parodies - an affectionate parody. Will appeal to 90 per cent of Tolkien fans. A parody of 'The Book of the Century'. The Lord of the Rings is a publishing phenomenon.
The Harvard Lampoon was essentially Douglas Kenney and Henry Beard. They wrote Bored of the Rings when they were students at Harvard. They then went on to form the National Lampoon, a satirical institution in the 70s. Kenney died in 1980, Beard lives in the Hamptons in the USA.
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