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Bah humbug. There's always a nugget in those books, even for cynical nerds!
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I read his similar book about the Vuelta route in 1942. The non cycling context was very good as it all dealt withe Franco omerta that still seems to operate about the Spanish civil war and WWII.
However the illustrations and funny bits seemed destined to appeal to Skully's [well meaning relative] and if anything I err to Skully's opinion. Sounds like your family have stuffed you.
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I think The Escape Artist is a beautiful book, as much about loss as it is about cycling.
si_mon628
Arvy.
andyp
@Skülly
Fucking books about cycling can fuck off I hate them. I’ve been given some right mingers by ‘well meaning’ family over the years. ‘It’s All About The Ride’ meh, some really bad ‘coffee table’ efforts, some roadie douchebaggery. Someone gave me The Escape Artist years ago, can’t be arsed, and now this: recommended to my mum by my brother that I’d like it. Happily my dog has immediately chewed the corner so I can’t conscionably give it to another victim…
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