French Revolutions :Cycling the Tour de France
French Revolutions :Cycling the Tour de France
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Published:
4 October, 2012
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Description
‘Bill Bryson on two wheels’ Independent
Self-confessed loafer Tim Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting event in the world, sets out to cycle the Tour de France. All 3,630km of it.
A few weeks before the actual Tour de France, British writer Tim Moore sets out to cycle the course and offers a laugh-out-loud funny and highly entertaining account of how the great ride would feel when embarked on by an amateur. Racing old men on butchers' bikes and being chased by cows, Moore soon resorts to standard race tactics - cheating and drugs - in a hilarious and moving tale of true adventure.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780224092111 |
| ISBN10 | 0224092111 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 198 x 17 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
One of the funniest books about sport ever written * Sunday Times *
Bill Bryson on two wheels... A one-liner every other line...not so much witty travelogue as self-examination in a joke-heavy trial by fire * Independent *
Moore is a talented and funny writer who, through a combination of slapstick, absurd simile and a healthy suspicion of French civilisation, gives us something to laugh at on almost every page * Daily Telegraph *
Moore unleashes a high-energy torrent of astute observation and hilarious self-deprecation. Hailed as the new Bill Bryson, he is in fact a writer of considerably more substance... The jokes come thick and fast * Irish Times *
Hilarious and inspiring... It is embarrassingly laugh-out-loud * Daily Express *
I’ve got a degree in English, I’ve read all the books of Evelyn Waugh and just about every comic novelist, and its still the funniest book I’ve ever read … I caused a commotion on a train, I was laughing that hard. * Adrian Chiles, Radio 5Live *
Think of it as Bill Byron, minus quite a few pounds, on a bike * ShortList *
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Author's Bio
Tim Moore's books inlcude Do Not Pass Go, Spanish Steps, Nul Points, I Believe in Yesterday and You Are Awful (But I Like You). He lives in London.