French Revolutions
Cycling the Tour de France
$45.01
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2012
Summary
Tim Moore, the ultimate amateur, attempts to complete all 3,630km of the Tour de France in the weeks before the professionals set off.
‘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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224092111 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224092111 |
| Author: | Tim Moore |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
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 *
About The Author
Tim Moore
Tim Moore’s books include 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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