Bicycle Diaries
This is a great concept in that when David travels he takes a foldup bike and explores wherever he is, usually cities, by cycling. Some chapters focus just on the city and others David uses what he sees to branch off into his own views on different subjects or analyses a theme such as art. It's very readable but by it's very nature I guess you can put it down after you've read a chapter as you know that the next is a different city. Byrne obviously has a good eye for detail and the descriptions of places, with unprofessional photos, are refreshing. He looks at places with a visitors eye and whilst reading the London chapter felt myself thinking "really, is that really true" but without spending a lot of time living in a city you're bound not to understand the whole truth about what goes on in it. Maybe no one ever can and my description of how I see London is very different from a neighbour's. But yeah, he does seem to view my city from a tourist's eye. But all in all a very interesting read if a little jumpy especially at the end where we get some odd and impractical cycle parking designs.
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