My Ox Is Broken! Roadblocks, Detours, Fast

The Amazing Race is a reality show like no other and it has the best set around. Best-selling novelist, Adam-Troy Castro, explores The Amazing Race in "My Ox is Broken!" one of the first books ever published about one of the best reality television programs on the air. From Thailand to Greenland, this show has consistently gone where no other show has gone before, and Castro continues the excitement of the Race in a book that is funny, entertaining, and unique-just like the show itself.

Adam-Troy Castro is the author of several Spider-Man novels, including Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six and Tangled Strings. He has been nominated five times for the Nebula Award, twice for the Hugo Award, and once for the Stoker Award. He lives in Miami.

Introduction: What We Did on Our Summer Vacation	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
The Rules	p. 15
The Real Rules	p. 21
Is the Race Real?	p. 27
Moments We See Again and Again (Part One)	p. 33
The Vomit Chapter	p. 39
Racers, We Hardly Knew Ye	p. 43
Who's the Boss?	p. 45
The Single Best Racer in the Show's History	p. 47
A Taxonomy of Players	p. 49
Through Strangers' Eyes	p. 53
Race 1, the Expensive Cup of Tea	p. 61
The Guidos Take a Bow	p. 87
Brennan Swain (of The Young Lawyers) Makes His Case	p. 97
Moments We See Again and Again (Part Two)	p. 109
Race 2, the Ballad of Wil and Tara	p. 115
Did Tara Throw the Race?	p. 141
Moments We See Again and Again (Part Three)	p. 147
Race 3, Stop the World, She Wants to Get Off	p. 153
It's Her Party, and She'll Cry if She Wants To	p. 179
Moments We See Again and Again (Conclusion)	p. 189
Race 4, Not the Usual Bunch of Clowns	p. 195
Fixing the Race	p. 219
When the World Is Your Big Top	p. 225
Race 5, "My Ox is Broken!"	p. 237
Colin on the Care and Feeding of Tanzanian Cabbies	p. 265
Marshall Fixes Us a Slice	p. 275
Race 6, Dysfunctional Follies	p. 285
A Dear Jon Letter	p. 311
Jonathan Speaks. Doesn't Yell. Speaks	p. 317
Race 7, Chasing Rob and Amber	p. 327
Race 8, Bringing the Kids	p. 357
The Race 8 That Would Have Pleased Us	p. 383
Visiting the Gaghans	p. 387
New Combinations	p. 397
The Most Jaw-Dropping Errors Ever Made by Racers	p. 399
The Smartest Moves Ever Made by Racers	p. 411
The Most Endearing Racer Moments	p. 417
Race 9, "T-Tow, My Ass!"	p. 427
Further Viewing	p. 457
And for the Truly Obsessive	p. 459
About the Author	p. 472
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My Ox Is Broken! Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from Tv's 'the Amazing Race'

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