The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold
Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail
$24.95
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2017
Summary
From the author of French Revolutions and Gironimo! comes a hideously over-ambitious challenge on doomed machinery. Tim Moore cycles the length of the old Iron Curtain on a shopping bike.
‘Bill Bryson on two wheels’ - Independent
Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike.
Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off at the Arc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224100212 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224100211 |
| Author: | Tim Moore |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
One hundred per cent self-inflicted … Beyond stupid … It’s hilarious .
One hundred per cent self-inflicted … Beyond stupid … It’s hilarious. – Adrian Chiles * Radio 5 Live *Bill Bryson on two wheels. * Independent *The world’s funniest travel writer. * Observer *A good, entertaining writer, laugh-out-loud funny in parts. * Irish Independent *It’s a hoot. – Michael Kerr * Daily Telegraph, Book of the Year *It’s a hoot. – Michael Kerr * Daily Telegraph, Book of the Year *
About The Author
Tim Moore
Tim Moore’s writing has appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Sunday Times and Esquire. He is the author of Gironimo!, French Revolutions, Do Not Pass Go, Spanish Steps, Nul Points, I Believe In Yesterday and You Are Awful (But I Like You). He lives in London.
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