Striking the Sun is an unflinching love letter to the sport of cycling, exploring the cost of greatness and the struggle to find something real in a world of manufactured heroes.
The Moby Dick of bicycle racing, this 556-page literary epic dives deep into the gritty reality of cycling culture and beyond. Follow Dominic’s rise from promising Yorkshire stagiaire to a domestique trapped in his best friend’s shadow; cycling television commentator Henri Giroud’s tragic downfall into irrelevance; and a struggling journalist trying to endure her own existence at the worst newspaper in London.
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