- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: M.Joseph (26 Oct 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0718120728
- ISBN-13: 978-0718120726
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 800,740 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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Format: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.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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Backroads of France
29 Nov 2002
Format: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..
A very enjoyable book, and very well written..
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Pedalling This Book
3 Jan 2006
Format: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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