Chasing the Chimney Sweep

by Selwyn Parker and Selwyn Parker

In the middle of the hottest French summer for years, New Zealand writer and amateur cyclist Selwyn Parker sets off with his partner Margaret and Kiwi friends Jo and Greg on a bizarre quest: a 2400-kilometre cycling journey around France to retrace the route of the very first cycling Tour de France in 1903. In 1903 some of the racers became so fatigued that they hallucinated, threw down their bikes and collapsed on the road, refusing to get up. A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014302034X
• ISBN13: 9780143020349
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher