Tales From Over the Edge
Tales from Over the Edge
POST-RIDE BENCHRACING IS ONE OF LIFE'S MORE ENJOYable little pleasures. Which is most likely why it's the catalyst for B.T. Bullet's Tales from Over the Edge.
And no doubt why the book is such a fun read. All about motorcycling adventures on Highway 1 in Northern California’s Marin County, the softbound 527-page (!) tome is more like a journal than a literary work.
The author called upon friends and acquaintances from the sport for their input. The result is a series of essays, short stories, poems and first-hand accounts of good rides, bad rides, crashes and dubious encounters with the law.
Folksy black-and-white snapshots are scattered throughout.
First things first: If you’re looking for Hemingway-like prose, this ain’t it. The writing is, however, entertainingly descriptive and highly conversational. It
draws you in to such an extent that you can easily imagine being seated across from the author and that she is speaking directly to you. The anecdotes themselves are usually short, so you can put down the book, then return to it later and simply pick up where you left off. Plus, for being so lengthy, the whole thing is a relatively quick read.
Bullet’s goal for Tales was to show that group rides “are more than just a reckless activity performed by misguided souls. It is very much a microcosm of our own society,
always was, always will be. Surely the only way to get the true experience is-to ride it.’’ We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
Wendy F. Black
Tales From Over the Edge, B.T. Bullet, 527 pages, $38; Bullet Press, 433 Town Center, #705, Corte Madera, CA 94925; 415/924-7714
