A Racing Cyclist's Worst Nightmare - Tony Hewson
and other stories of the Golden Age
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Sheffielder Tony Hewson is a former champion racing cyclist who won the 1955 Tour of Britain and went on to represent his country in the Warsaw-Berlin-Prague and the Tour de France. His first book, In Pursuit of Stardom, was a widely acclaimed memoir of the 1950s telling how he and his companions faced handicap and privation in their struggle to earn a living a-wheel on the European continent.
A Cyclist's Worst Nightmare covers a similar time-scope, though as a collection of individual but interrelated stories it employs a variety of different literary genres - autobiography, biography, discourse and fiction. Whilst each piece can be enjoyed in its own right, the work as a whole casts light on an era of UK cycling history in the aftermath of World War II that until now has been somewhat neglected and forgotten. Some events, for example the tumultuous birth and demise of the rebel British League of Racing Cyclists that split the sport and framed its future, have ramifications to this day.
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Cordee Code: CTB962 Author: Tony Hewson No of Pages: 230 Page Size: 150 x 210 mm ISBN 10: 1874739536 ISBN 13: 9781874739531 Publisher: Mousehold Press Published Date: July 2009 Binding: Paperback Illustrations: b/w photos Weight: 390g
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