The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa

Neil Peart

ISBN 10: 1895900026 / ISBN 13: 9781895900026

Published by Pottersfield Pr, 1999

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1895900026I5N00

Synopsis:

Peart, Neil

From the Back Cover: "Cycling is a good way to travel anywhere, but especially in Africa. You are independent and mobile, and yet travel at people speed--fast enough to travel on to another town in the cooler morning hours, but slow enough to meet people: the old farmer at the roadside who raises his hand and says, 'You are welcome,' the tireless women who offer a smile to a passing cyclist, the children whose laughter transcends the humblest home."

So begins the text of Neil Peart's extraordinary journal about riding a bicycle on the roads and off the beaten track in West Africa. The Masked Rider is about the bike trek and the people who travel along with the author, including literary sidekicks Aristotle and Vincent Van Gogh. Sometimes it's a story of a tour of hell--Dante on a bicycle--as he suffered the pains of dysentery and stares down the muzzle of a drunk soldier's machine gun. Other times it's a journey of exalted discovery and African adventure of the highest calibre.

Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist of the rock band Rush.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
Publisher: Pottersfield Pr
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket