A FEW COOL THINGS ABOUT “TOUR DE LANCE”

This is my new book. I think it was worth a year of my life, but who knows? You can read the opening chapter here, and see what some people besides me think of it, and poke around a bit through my writing. I am notoriously lackadaisical when it comes to what I guess is called marketing. Mostly I don’t mind talking to a few people now and then about real things, but I lose interest when I am supposed to sell myself and, anyway, I am just as bad at it as I am at small talk. I like happening upon books that amid all of our age’s noise speak for themselves, and I believe that the ideal is when the work says more than the worker, and, though I admit to having bought more than a few books in my life based on the cover, I have found that for me it is the words that live on and on. I think my new book is good enough to have a chance at achieving some of these things. Maybe you’ll agree.


Excerpt

Reviews

Blurbs

Miscellanea

Where to Buy It




Pages

What Is Going On

  • Beginning now, I am starting a 7-day break from Twitter. It's not you, it's me. • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 6 days ago
  • Drunk on the wind in my mouth/wringing the handlebar for speed/wild to be wreckage forever. --J. Dickey • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 6 days ago
  • Reader leaner than writer: RT @patrickleaman Thanks @TrueBS for signing Tour de Lance @thevelodrome http://twitpic.com/2itlzs • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Friday night racing, pro class, Hup United taking a handup at the wall http://yfrog.com/my3bpkj That's just who we are • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Fixed it: benefactor is Georg Totschnig. Thanks. RT @kevbar: @TrueBS - Is Kloden in or out? • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Sitting In: If the TdF podium was dope-free 1999-2006...http://bit.ly/bNd4MP • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • ...and all proceeds (not just profits) from the books bought at VPCC go to the Bicycle Racing League for kids. • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Oh, yeah...i'll be signing Tour de Lance tonight at final racing (Madison!) at VPCC (@thevelodrome). Think abt 10 copies are left there. • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Just finished a Sitting In that makes me sick to my stomach. Maybe in a good way. Should post sometime today. • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • It's called "unbranding" but I think it's "dis-branding," like disinformation in espionage. Anyway, brilliant! http://bit.ly/dhm5UH • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • special thanks to joao from all of us dreamers RT @joaoisme: It's official...team folding...special thanks to staff, riders, @gerardvroomen • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Was up at 5 am to edit today...RT @longreads @jeton Born on Wrong Continent? America's misguided culture of overwork http://t.co/bPd12bW • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • In other shocking @lancearmstrong news: Media reports claim he ate donuts w THREE dipping sauces: http://bit.ly/a240Oh • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • "LiveWeak," advises this Christian columnist: http://bit.ly/aGoM1K • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago
  • Socceroos U-12 practice has begun: good for my fatherhood, horrible for my fitnesshood http://yfrog.com/mkxl1fj • I composed this lyrical and insightful piece of prose 1 week ago

Close to Home