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Udbryderne
Man siger, cykelryttere er klar til at dø for at vinde, men er de også klar til at slå ihjel?
Den unge danske journalist, Thomas Wessel, er til Tour de France, der får en dramatisk optakt, da en spansk stjernerytter bliver fundet død i sit hjem. Pludselig står løbets favorit uden sin tro væbner, og konkurrenterne lugter blod. Mens mystikken omkring dødsfaldet breder sig, får Thomas færten af en større historie. En blodfejde med tråde tilbage i fortiden og ind i fremtiden. Og som rækker op i toppen af cykelhierarkiet.
Touren er tre ugers undtagelsestilstand mellem drømme og virkelighed. For vinderne venter podiet i Paris. Men hvad med Thomas? Hvad er prisen for at bryde ud af flokken og jagte sandheden?
UDBRYDERNE er en roman om liv og død og cykelløb. Kort sagt: LE TOUR DE FRANCE.
Den unge danske journalist, Thomas Wessel, er til Tour de France, der får en dramatisk optakt, da en spansk stjernerytter bliver fundet død i sit hjem. Pludselig står løbets favorit uden sin tro væbner, og konkurrenterne lugter blod. Mens mystikken omkring dødsfaldet breder sig, får Thomas færten af en større historie. En blodfejde med tråde tilbage i fortiden og ind i fremtiden. Og som rækker op i toppen af cykelhierarkiet.
Touren er tre ugers undtagelsestilstand mellem drømme og virkelighed. For vinderne venter podiet i Paris. Men hvad med Thomas? Hvad er prisen for at bryde ud af flokken og jagte sandheden?
UDBRYDERNE er en roman om liv og død og cykelløb. Kort sagt: LE TOUR DE FRANCE.
301 pages
First published June 2, 2015
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February 17, 2016
Hvis man er til Tour de France er det en underholdende krimi, men så heller ikke mere. En kedelig slutning efterlader læseren med et øh.. på læben.
June 17, 2019
This book contains two ingredients.
1 part cycling race, a fictional tour de France.
1 part crime fiction, a murder mystery.
The cycling is never really exciting, as the short race snippets never gets really engaging. And as a result quickly feels like unnecessary filler. The language used during these snippets is full of metaphor's and is poetical at times.
(One the authors is described as a poet on the book jacket)
The murder mystery is a journey of discovery and infidelity. The plot is rather straight forward, but the protagonist is only able to secure circumstantial evidence. And is forced to stay silent, as the antagonists threatens to expose the infidelity to the world.
In the end the antagonists achieve their goals without consequences, and the protagonist is left exposed and powerless after burning bridges.
Literally the reader is left wondering, how the protagonist will attempt to explain the now exposed infidelity on the last line in the book.
All in all, the story feels unfinished :/
1 part cycling race, a fictional tour de France.
1 part crime fiction, a murder mystery.
The cycling is never really exciting, as the short race snippets never gets really engaging. And as a result quickly feels like unnecessary filler. The language used during these snippets is full of metaphor's and is poetical at times.
(One the authors is described as a poet on the book jacket)
The murder mystery is a journey of discovery and infidelity. The plot is rather straight forward, but the protagonist is only able to secure circumstantial evidence. And is forced to stay silent, as the antagonists threatens to expose the infidelity to the world.
In the end the antagonists achieve their goals without consequences, and the protagonist is left exposed and powerless after burning bridges.
Literally the reader is left wondering, how the protagonist will attempt to explain the now exposed infidelity on the last line in the book.
All in all, the story feels unfinished :/
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2021
I do see the morale in how, as is the norm in modern cycling, the dope-using antagonists prevail. This does not make the ending feel any less rushed or unfinished, however.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2015
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