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List Price: $18.95Amazon.com's Price: $17.05 You Save: $1.90 (10%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 916.604329
EAN: 9781550226652
ISBN: 1550226657
Label: Ecw Press
Manufacturer: Ecw Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 260
Publication Date: September 01, 2004
Publisher: Ecw Press
Sales Rank: 220555
Studio: Ecw Press
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Product Description:
Dysentery, drunken soldiers, and corrupt officials provide the background for Neil Peart's physical and spiritual cycling journey through West Africa. The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through photographs, journal entries, and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the reader that this is not just another travel bookâit is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.
Amazon.com Review:
Neil Peart cycles his way through West Africa and brings us along with him, dysentery and all. The Masked Rider details his physical and spiritual journey, through photographs, journal entries, and tales of adventure. Peart's "masks" are the masks that we wear--culture, psychology, labels, expectations--and his book reveals how traveling in a very foreign land allows us to peer behind them.
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I love Neil's writing...both his lyrics and his books. I thought this was a fun little tale about his bike journey in Africa. I recommend it if you're a Neil Peart fan..
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"The Masked Rider" by Neil Peart is the author's first book, published in 1996. The book describes his month-long bicycle tour in Cameroon. Peart describes in detail the challenging riding conditions and "rustic" accommodations, in addition to his relationship with his travel companuions and talks about the people he encounters. The book was an interesting, easy read. It is however the first time that I read a travel memoir that doesn't make me want to take the journey. It was difficult and uncomfortable ... Read More
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Recently I picked up all four books by Neil Peart on Amazon.com and plan on reviewing them in the near future. This is the first one.
I spoke with a co-worker who is from West Africa and he concurred with Mr. Peart's portrayal of the harsh living conditions there. The friend tells me, "That is why I am here" [United States].
Peart's book has an excellent quality that I don't see in memoirs today. I love the way he captured his fellow riders' habits, spirit and most importantly, their ... Read More
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Breathtaking. Artful. Thoughtful. Funny. Sad. Shocking.
Neil's craft with theme and prose is as precise and thrilling as his drumming. I enjoyed The Masked Rider more than all of this other books, and I enjoyed them a lot. Neil muses how masks in Africa, and in all societies and people (himself included) reveal as much as they conceal.
As usual, his insights into his own character and those of his companions are humorous and without self-indulgent narcissism. The ending is cathartic, ... Read More
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I decided to revisit this book after reading "Travelling Music." Even if you are not a Rush fan this book has many layers; from the writer being one of a five person group, where the squeaky wheel is also the least competent, to the daily adventures of cycling through Africa and dealing with its inhabitants and (sometimes)hostile enviroment. Peart attempts a level of objectivity, trying to win the reader over with views he considers clear, but is he guilty of sharing the same level of nearsightedness as those he criticizes ... Read More
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