Tyler's book

[rich p]

Okay, you erudite, well-read literary critics...

...not you Noods...

What's the opinion of the book? Persuasive, well-written, worth buying?

Is the US version substantially different from the UK one?

I heard that Fab even gets a mention - anything worth relaying?

Should I buy it or wait till Noodles lends it to me?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Pass noods copy on when you've finished with it, rich.

 

[thom]

For my part, things are currently getting sticky with Bjarne Riis. Think I have the UK version.
Sean Yates had a passing mention earlier...
Anyhow, what's the score regarding spoilers on this thread ?

 

[rich p]

For my part, things are currently getting sticky with Bjarne Riis. Think I have the UK version.
Sean Yates had a passing mention earlier...
Anyhow, what's the score regarding spoilers on this thread ?

Spoil away - only an idiot would read a thread about a book he didn't want to read about!

 

[MacB]

Spoil away - only an idiot would read a thread about a book he didn't want to read about!

you called?

 

[thom]

Spoil away - only an idiot would read a thread about a book he didn't want to read about!

OK, so what I really wasn't expecting was when NASA started getting USPostal to try out the drugs they give astronauts to help their high altitude performance...

 

[rich p]

OK, so what I really wasn't expecting was when NASA started getting USPostal to try out the drugs they give astronauts to help their high altitude performance...

Really? Were the drugs on the banned list?

 

[Crackle]

Really? Were the drugs on the banned list?

They were high on the banned list.

 

[thom]

Spoil away - only an idiot would read a thread about a book he didn't want to read about!

But seriously, a few points so far:
1) I did feel some sympathy for LA at one point, early on where he's lying to explain his miraculous TdF performance, saying the very fact he was alive was miraculous
2) Sean Yates... big mate of LA (before Tyler's time), knew Phillipe / Motoman
3) OK it's written in the first person, Tyler's voice but by Dan Coyle of course and you get this nice folksy persona but also nothing approaching the self awareness or harsh critical self analysis of David Millar's book, at least so far. There's only a small sense of painful disillusionment at the choice to dope
4) Blood doping mechanics - effing dodgy to put it mildly - to get 3 bags of blood ready for a grand tour, you start 10 weeks before taking out 1, 4 weeks later you take out 2 from your body and reintroduce the first, a few weeks later you take out 3 and put back 2.

 

[thom]

On first sight, that is pretty shocking. There is a bit of a cross-over though so you can see why they would go for it.

Hook, line and sinker ;-)
Rotflol

 

[hondated]

Okay, you erudite, well-read literary critics...

...not you Noods...

What's the opinion of the book? Persuasive, well-written, worth buying?

Is the US version substantially different from the UK one?

I heard that Fab even gets a mention - anything worth relaying?

Should I buy it or wait till Noodles lends it to me?

 

[hondated]

Whether its good or not I ordered it last night from Amazon £16 and look forward to reading it.There is a great interview on BBCI PLAYER -Hardtalk if you are interested.

 

[rich p]

Whether its good or not I ordered it last night from Amazon £16 and look forward to reading it.There is a great interview on BBCI PLAYER -Hardtalk if you are interested.

I listened to that. It was a decent interview but didn't take it much further which makes me think that I've heard all I need to hear from TH. That's not to say that the minutiae in the book isn't worth reading,

 

[thom]

Jens Voigt getting some twitter heat
So far I did not see anything regarding him in the book

 

[rich p]

I always get confused by the timelines of tweets! Some vitriol there though.