Fintan Fedora, the world's worst explorer - Clive Goddard

Old-fashioned slapstick for the TOTAL WIPEOUT generation!
Fourteen-year-old Fintan Fedora has the brains of a damp sock but
a heart of gold. Determined to prove to his father, owner of the
Fedora Fancy Food Company, that he will one day be good enough to
take over the family business, Fintan sets out to find the elusive
chocoplum \- the rarest and most delicious treat known to man.
With only the help of his trusty and long suffering butler (ooh,
and quite a few peanut butter sandwiches), Fintan travels to South
America. But little does he know that there are a pair of totally
incompetent kidnappers on his tail, as well as an evil business
mogul who wants the chocoplum for himself...