The Rider

A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in Holland in 1978,The Riderbecame an instant cult classic, selling over 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing. Not a dry history of the sport,The Rideris beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages.The Rideris the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.

Tim KrabbT is one of Holland's leading writers, and his novels are published all over the world. His many books include The Vanishing, which was made into a successful film, and The Cave. He lives in Amsterdam.