What goes around : a London cycle courier's story / Emily Chappell.

By:

Chappell, Emily [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Guardian Books, Faber & Faber Limited, 2016. c2016Description: x, 310 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781783350544 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

23 388.3472092 CHA 010058

LOC classification:

HE9756.G7 C48 2016

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Summary: Emily Chappell never meant to be a cycle courier. She planned to earn her living using her mind rather than her legs. She thought it would be a useful stopgap while searching for a real job. Today, six years on, she is still pedalling. As she flies through the streets of the capital, dancing with the traffic, Chappell records the pain and pleasure-both mental and physical, of life on wheels : the hurtling, dangerous missions; the ebb and flow of seasonal work ; the moments of fear and freedom, anger and exhaustion ; the camaraderie of the courier tribe and its idiosyncratic characters ; the conflict and harmony between bicycle and road, body and mind. At the same time it is a hymn to London; its changing skyline, its chaos and interconnectedness.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	388.3472092 CHA 010058 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Chennai to Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore since 13/01/2020		010058

Emily Chappell never meant to be a cycle courier. She planned to earn her living using her mind rather than her legs. She thought it would be a useful stopgap while searching for a real job. Today, six years on, she is still pedalling. As she flies through the streets of the capital, dancing with the traffic, Chappell records the pain and pleasure-both mental and physical, of life on wheels : the hurtling, dangerous missions; the ebb and flow of seasonal work ; the moments of fear and freedom, anger and exhaustion ; the camaraderie of the courier tribe and its idiosyncratic characters ; the conflict and harmony between bicycle and road, body and mind. At the same time it is a hymn to London; its changing skyline, its chaos and interconnectedness.

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