- Cycling, Death, Fiction, Life change events
This debut novel is the story of Smithson Ide who grieves the death of his parents by getting on a Raleigh bicycle in his funeral suit and pedalling across America.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, grave, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Ron McLarty
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 408
- Publisher
- Time Warner Paperbacks, Círculo de Lectores, Charnwood
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789870404477
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 3 have read it and 5 want to.
“My parents' Ford wagon hit a concrete divider on U.S. 95 outside Biddeford, Maine, in August 1990.”
Ronald William McLarty (April 26, 1947 – February 8, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and novelist. He also worked as an audiobook narrator, in which role he recorded over 100 titles and received many Audie Awards. McLarty appeared in numerous television series, films and stage productions. He also wrote dozens of plays and 10 novels, notably *The Memory of Running* (2004). **Source**: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McLarty" target="blanck">Wikipedia</a>
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Claim to fame 200982% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, grave.
The horse whisperer 199782% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The Collected Regrets of Clover 202382% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, earnest.
Interruption of Everything 200582% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, earnest.
Unlikely Animals 202282% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, grave.
ソラニン #1-2 200882% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Tara Road 198881% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, contemporary.
Invisible Life 199181% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Harry & Meghan 202285% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, classical in form, grave.
Resurrection 198085% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, grave, earnest.