Touching The Void author faces teenage Twitter mob after they object to having to study his book on mountain survival.

Climber Joe Simpson survived after being left for dead with a broken leg on the mountains of Peru; GCSE English students apparently did not enjoy his tale of survival.

One pupil tweeted: 'You seem like a nice chap, but why the f*** did you have to write that book?'
Another wrote: 'Your book is s*** and you should feel bad.'

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