Review of Are You Boys Cyclists?

         This review of  Are You Boys Cyclists? was pointed out to me today. Well, here is it:

         Review of: "Are you boys cyclists?" by John Mckenzie, Serpent's Tail, 1997

This is the sort of book you buy at the newsagents in a bus station or airport to pass the time on a long journey, and the next thing you know you're so enveloped in its developing scenarios that you don't want to reach you're destination before you've finished the last page.

"Are you boys cyclists?" has nothing to do with bikes. It has a minimalist storyline, yet grips the reader from start to finish. Based loosely around the progress of an amateur boxer who has some talent but who lacks both total commitment and a killer instinct, this book repeatedly flashes to scenes of extended gymnastic sex and includes tales of various other activities of a social/antisocial (depending on your inclinations) nature.

John Mckenzie, the author, once worked in Heriot-Watt University Library, which is one reason I am reviewing this book. Another reason is that it is set in Edinburgh in the mid to late seventies and therefore fits in to the leisure time section of the Internet Resources Newsletter. The publishers (Serpents Tail) have a web site where you can find their catalogue, and thankyou to Lisa Clarke for sending me a copy of this book.

Buy it well before you get on the bus!
RM


Are You Boys Cyclists?  is of course on kindle! Yours for 86p. You can get a free download of Kindle of PC off the site if you don't own a device.