Books for Tour de France fans
A funny cycling book for Tour de France season
Every July, cyclists dream a little bigger. Some imagine the yellow jersey. Some imagine Alpe d’Huez. Brad imagines maximum glory with minimum effort.
The Slob’s Guide to the Perfect Job is a cycling comedy for recreational riders, Tour watchers, rebels and anyone who has ever watched the peloton from the couch while eating something nutritionally questionable.
If you want a cycling novel that treats the Tour fantasy with affection and absurdity, start here.

A hilarious cycling novel by Jeremy O’Carroll
Why cyclists like it
Cycling, comedy and rebellion
The Slob’s Guide to the Perfect Job is for riders who follow the Tour, love an underdog, and suspect that the modern obsession with work could use a good laugh.