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" I was not expecting to be very interested in a first novel about professional cycling. In fact I was entranced, educated and entertained by a rich comic stew containing love, sex, speed, power and death." Peter Buckman in The Sunday Telegraph "Out of nowhere, on a subject I give not a big rat's arse about, here comes one of my books of the year. A comic leg-pull on the Flann O'Brien model." Brian Case in Time Out
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The Mystery of Cycling - an unresolved chord,
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This review is from: Bad to the Bone (Original Fiction in Paperback) (Paperback)
First novels are always interesting and frustrating. Like the newly ordained preacher, the first time novelist attemts to put everything s/he has inside into a single volume. This is an interesting story and Waddington does demonstrate the ability to tell a story. Yes, it is a flawed novel. But the promise of future stories better told lie in the lines he wrote. There are a lot of intimate details about bicycle racing and recreational cyclists will find these details of interest. Following the 1998 Tour de France and the "scandals" of performance enhancing drugs, this novel takes the reader inside the men who allow their bodies to be manipulated by the drugs, promoters, and team owners just to have the moment of triumph. The "mystery" lies unresolved at the end. To this reader, it is a mystery as to why Waddington included the "mystery" at all. He wove a good tale of the people who race the bicycles. That would have been sufficient. The "mystery" itself fails to resolve. It leaves the reader with the questions "Why -- for what reason?" I do want you to purchase this book. Why? Because I can tell the Waddington has more stories to tell and they will get better and better.
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As Confusing as a Bunch Sprint Finish in the Dark,
By LoraxMan "loraxman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bad to the Bone (Original Fiction in Paperback) (Paperback)
I liked the decriptions of the races, very exciting, especially the climactic Worlds race. But the stuff off the bike was just pure muddled confusion to me. I often wondered if this book weren't written by someone that doesn't speak English and the confusion was due to a bad translator. I'm still not exactly sure what was going on.
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Solid as bone, fast as a time trial,
By C. Wu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bad to the Bone (Original Fiction in Paperback) (Paperback)
A supremely intense book that is a fast read except for the convoluted, chemically induced prose that suggests that the pumped up state that drives people to sacrifice everything in pursuit of being the best --- ever. Be ready to re-read sections as you are caught off balance, without ever falling of the paceline of the mystery that unravels. The story has elements of cyberpunk in the pace and prose that the most hardcore Gibson or Stephenson fan will enjoy this, even in the absence of nothing more technical than a hyper-tricked out bicycle in a chapter about a stage that takes place in the velodome. An excellent introduction to the attraction of professional bicycling racing, the monotony and the glory or surviving. It also captures the team dynamics of professional cycling, that most are hard pressed to explain in an obviously individual sport. The author clearly knows his cycling history and peppers the story with vignettes that add color and tradition to the classic sport. The author has done his research and the extrapolation of advances in sports medicine seem plausible and frightening. A subplot involving a female detective is insufficiently developed but thankfully doesn't distract from the main story. If you have a cycling fan in your life, get this book for her or him right away. |
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