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
Tim Moore - Britain's indefatigable travelling everyman - has walked 500 miles across Spain with only a donkey for company (Spanish Steps); roamed the continent from Liverpool to Lisbon to track down the Eurovision contestants who suffered the entertainment world's prime humiliation (Nul Points); sort-of conquered the Tour de France on a diet of ProPlus and rose wine (French Revolutions); and ridden the 3,200km route of the notorious 1914 Giro d'Italia, handicapped by a century-old, wooden-wheeled bicycle and an unbelievably daft period outfit (Gironimo!). Now, in defiance of the ageing process and every pleading dictate of basic reason, he undertakes an odyssey more ambitious - and more silly - than all of those combined. Somehow, he still lives in London.
"One hundred per cent self-inflicted … Beyond stupid … It's
hilarious."
*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."
*Daily Telegraph, Book of the Year*
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