The Rider

By: Tim Krabbé

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Bloomsbury presents The Rider by Tim Krabbé, read by Mark Meadows.

At the start of the 137-kilometre Tour de Mont Aigoual, Tim Krabbé glances up from his bike to assess the crowd of spectators. ‘Non-racers,’ he writes. ‘The emptiness of those lives shocks me.’ Immediate and gripping from the first page, we race with the author as he struggles up the hills and clings on during descents in the unforgiving French mountains.

Originally published in 1978, The Rider is a modern-day classic that is recognised as one of the best books ever written about the sport. Brilliantly conceived and best consumed at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative and passionate tribute to the art of cycle racing.©2018 Tim Krabbé (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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If you have raced bicycles you can literally hear your own personal dialogue in the writer’s approach. Maybe too personal but I would bed the technique and laughed at how genuine some of his internal dialogue felt.