Author:Anne Mustoe
When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job, bought a bike and took to the road, she couldn't even mend a puncture. 12,000 miles and 15 months later, she was home.
Her epic solo journey took her around the world, through Europe, India, the Far East and the United States. From Thessaloniki to Uttar Pradesh, from Chumphon to Singapore, she faced downpours, blizzards and blistering deserts, political turmoil and amorous waiters - alternated with great kindness from strangers along the way.
A Bike Ride is the first in the series of Anne Mustoe's successful and inspiring travelogues.
Evocative reading
—— ObserverHer wry sense of humour is one of the great charms of Lone Traveller
—— Daily TelegraphCarter wields a sharp pen, and draws blood from a number of key figures he feels were flawed . . . explosive . . . revelatory
—— Book of the Week , Independent on SundayThrilling, insightful and often humourous . . . [Kimball] captures the contests, the fighters and the period with a wonderful perception
—— The IndependentAn intoxicating, captivating tale of great boxers in a fatally flawed environment
—— The HeraldA flawless and singular account of fights that remain potent and important decades after the final bell . . . Four Kings will, unquestionably, be ranked as a classic boxing book that will take future generations back to those smoky, raucous ringside nights in Vegas
—— Irish TimesFight fans wanting a good read on their summer holidays should grab a copy
—— Colin Hart , The SunCertainly the best value of any book out there at the minute as well as being comfortably among the best . . . probably the best boxing book since Kevin Mitchell's War, Baby
—— Sunday TribuneA born storyteller, [Kimball] throws in enough yarns and anecdotes to fill three or four books
—— Sunday Business Post