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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781874739395 ISBN: 1874739390 Label: Mousehold Press Manufacturer: Mousehold Press Number Of Pages: 175 Publication Date: October 16, 2005 Publisher: Mousehold Press Studio: Mousehold Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - looking for a place in life!Well worth the read. The story of a man who just happens to be a pro cyclist trying to make sense of his life. Not feeling though he really belongs anywhere he is looking for himself. Really this is not as heavy as it sounds.Son of an alcoholic father he left Australia at 17 to go to Belgium to try and make it as a pro cyclist. Short snappy chapters make the book easy to read and a compelling story make it difficult to put down worth reading even if you are not a cycling fan a truely fascinating man........ Rating:  - A Peiper's TaleAn unusual sporting biography. To me, the book read on two levels. Firstly the cycling aspect, the description of the travels through the ranks of cycling in Belgium and further abroad. Secondly there is a sub-text of an ongoing search for some kind of spiritual answer in life. You can open the book at any page at random and you would read barely two or three pages before Allan's search to make sense of his life surfaces. A kind of philosophical biography as much as a book about bike riders I suppose. One moment you'll be reading about track riding then "synchronicity" appears in the story. The thread of this search weaves itself in and out of the story. I was left wondering what he might have achieved in cycling had he had found what he was looking for in his personal life. You have to admire his candour in describing his emotions at various points in his life. However, the thing that comes across in the book, is the fact that Pro cyclists exist in a bubble and leaving that environment can bring the whole house of cards crashing down. Allan's description of that period in his life is again refreshingly candid and I respect the fact that he doesn't try to gloss over his emotions at the time. So, light hearted tales from the peleton? Definitely not. A very personal story of one man's journey through life? Yes, definitely. A good read? Not bad, I liked it.  Try searching the Internet for "A Peiper's Tale" or Ebay for "A Peiper's Tale". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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