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The Invisible Mile
David Coventry
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Description for The Invisible Mile
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Based on a true story The Invisible Mile tells the poignant story of five Australian and New Zealand cyclists who in 1928 formed the first English-speaking team to ride in the Tour de France. They were gallant, under-resourced and badly outnumbered but taken deep to the heart by the French nation. The novel describes in a wonderful poetic and visceral voice what it was like to ride in this race (the chaos, danger and rivalries), the extraordinary lengths to which the riders pushed themselves, suffering horrific injuries, riding through the night in pitch dark, and the ways they staved off ... Read more
Based on a true story The Invisible Mile tells the poignant story of five Australian and New Zealand cyclists who in 1928 formed the first English-speaking team to ride in the Tour de France. They were gallant, under-resourced and badly outnumbered but taken deep to the heart by the French nation. The novel describes in a wonderful poetic and visceral voice what it was like to ride in this race (the chaos, danger and rivalries), the extraordinary lengths to which the riders pushed themselves, suffering horrific injuries, riding through the night in pitch dark, and the ways they staved off ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509822935
SKU
V9781509822935
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About David Coventry
David Coventry received his MA in 2010 from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University. The Invisible Mile, based on the true story of the first English-speaking team in the Tour de France, is his first novel.
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