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Fat Man on a Bicycle (BBC Radio Collection) [Audiobook] [Hardcover]

Tom Vernon
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (5 Sep 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0563394846
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563394846
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 239,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tom Vernon, fat man and food lover, cycles through France to experience at first hand the French, their countryside and their food and wine. The six episodes in this double cassette pack follow Vernon's progress all the way from northern London to southern France in the summer of 1979.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Always A Pleasant Companion; Great 20th C. Travel Writer, 3 Dec 2011
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This review is from: Fat Man on a Bicycle (BBC Radio Collection) (Hardcover)
Tom Vernon is one of my favorite BBC and TV 4 personalities. In the US we were lucky enough to see his work in the series 'Fat Man In France' presented on our Travel Chanel. I began to purchase copies of Tom's books via on-line second hand and rare books sources. They have proved to be wonderful companions that I return to time and again. I have just been rereading 'Fat Man On A Bicycle' and I am once again delighted by the author's prose and by his insights on life, British culture and French culture. I do remain dubious that Tom actually pedalled 'all the way' on any of his trips, especially the ones that were made into videos, but his prose is honest enough and I believe he is one of the greatest 20th Century travel journalists ever to put pen to paper or to bring his travels to television.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A piece or durable absurdity that still sparks ambition in the physically ungifted, 3 July 2010
This review is from: Fat Man on a Bicycle (Hardcover)
Tom Vernon was the reason I got on a bicycle at St Agnes (Isles of Scilly) in June 2010 with the intention of reaching Saxa Vord (far north of the Shetlands archipelago). A 19-stone man who has never done much on a bicycle except occasionally go to work decides to cycle from London to the Mediterranean. The rest is just his gentle observations on the way. When I realised it was thirty years since this was first broadcast on Radio 4 I was shocked, though a refusal to join the Lycra and sinewed-sweaty generation long before this was invented shines through ahead of its time. Enjoy this lolloping account of semi-manufactured stupidity to realise how people were inspired to do memorable things in the time before we all clapped and screamed and faked excruciating enthusiasm.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Backroads of France, 29 Nov 2002
By Coral - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fat Man on a Bicycle (ISIS Large Print) (Paperback)
One could be alone travelling the backroads of France, experiencing all the wonders - yet sitting in ones own armchair.
A very enjoyable book, and very well written..

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pedalling This Book, 3 Jan 2006
By Tony Gubba - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fat Man on a Bicycle (ISIS Large Print) (Paperback)
I recommend it. It has a nice verbal tang - but perhaps too much about cycling. Perhaps he should have gone by train or soemthing. I went by train and met an eastern european girl who had black hair. Also I wouldn't have done what he does with the flan.
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