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A renowned musician and visual artist presents an idiosyncratic behind-thehandlebars view of the worldÂ’s cities Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started... read more
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Summary edit
The bicycle David chooses to travel with folds up!
Like this book, it's portable. And that's just the kind of observation that one becomes
accustom to after reading Bicycle Diaries. It's a scary book at times. Downfall of
civilization being a recurring theme in his diary entries....
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(warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- United States
- West Berlin
- San Francisco
- Paris
- Manila
- Istanbul
- Manhattan
- Wall
- Europe
- Australia
- Buenos Aires
- Brooklyn
- Baltimore
- Melbourne
- America
- Argentina
- London
- Turkey
- Stasi
- Sydney
- Brazil
- Adelaide
- Germany
- U.s.a.
- Laoag
- New Jersey
- Makati
- Pittsburgh
- China
- Verrazano Bridge
First Sentence edit
I've been riding a bicycle as my principal means of transportation in New York since the early 1980s.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Byrne (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0670021148
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0670021148
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 796.64
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