The Masked Rider

Cycling in West Africa

By: Neil Peart

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Hardcover | 28 September 2004

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Neil Peart’s travel memoir of thoughts, observations, and experiences as he cycles through West Africa reveals the subtle, yet powerful writing style that has made him one of rock’s greatest lyricists. As he describes his extraordinary journey and his experiences — from the pains of dysentery, to a confrontation with an armed soldier, to navigating dirt roads off the beaten path — he reveals his own emotional landscape, and along the way, the different “masks” that he discovers he wears.

“Cycling is a good way to travel anywhere, but especially in Africa. You are independent and mobile, and yet travel at people speed — fast enough to travel on to another town in the cooler morning hours, but slow enough to meet people: the old farmer at the roadside who raises his hand and says, ‘You are welcome,’ the tireless women who offer a smile to a passing cyclist, the children whose laughter transcends the humblest home.”

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"Peart's writing is lyrical and his tale poignant, fully capturing an extraordinary journey, both as a travel adventure and as memoir." --"Library Journal" on "Ghost Rider"

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Non-Fiction Sports & Recreation Cycling Travel & Holidays Travel Guides Travel Writing

White man, where You Going?
Inferno	p. 3
Dance Party	p. 23
Hell Hole	p. 45
Hotel Happy	p. 61
The Larger Bowl	p. 71
Epiphanies and Apostasies
Epiphany at Vespers	p. 89
The Missionary Position	p. 105
Encounters	p. 127
The Good Heart	p. 153
The Paved Road	p. 165
People on the Bus	p. 177
The Beaten Track	p. 197
Quixote and Quasimodo	p. 209
White man, what You Doing?
Watermelon and Satellites	p. 223
Toil and Trouble	p. 239
The Lizards are Fat at Waza	p. 257
African Nightmares	p. 277
Parisian Dreams	p. 291
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Cycling in West Africa

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