Tuesday, August 5, 2008

A Dog in a Hat by Joe Parkin


4 stars out of 5

This book is a very short, entertaining read. It keeps up fast pace, moving from race to race and season to season smoothly and quickly. I enjoyed almost all of his stories and thought it was interesting to know what it was like to be an American cylclist in Europe.

If the book is a little thin, at least the author accomplishes his purpose, and does so fairly well. This book is not about the history of cycling, different Americans in cycling, a comprehensive tour of Europe's races, doping or anything like that. It is simply how one cyclist experienced the European circuit in the late 80s and early 90s. For those intrigued by this pursuit, I suggest you give it a read.

1 comment:

Whitney said...

Another one he'd like! Thanks!