Pitch Perfect: The Quest For Collegiate A Cappella Glory
Mickey Rapkin, a New York-based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Details, and Time Out New York, took time in 2006 and 2007 to follow the Hullabahoos on several trips, high profile gigs, and around their own college campus in Charlottesville to get an inside look at the group for his book, Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory. This "behind-the-scenes look at the bizarre, inspiring, and hilarious world of competitive collegiate a cappella" was released on May 29, 2008 by Gotham Books.
The group also makes an appearance in the film version of the novel, released in 2012.
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