BOOK REVIEWS
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Too often travel writers describe
their 'adventure' as a point to point
tale of being on the road. Lawrence
Bransby's Two Fingers On The Jugular
does just that however, through an al-
most delicate vulnerability Lawrence
takes you not only along the ride but
also into what he is experiencing and
feeling.
Riding across the world's largest
country and the notorious Road Of
Bones, Lawrence finds himself with-
out a travelling partner and on board
a very much aging bike; he's left to
contemplate whether the machine
will make it and also whether he him-
Two Fingers On The Jugular self will make it.
Lawrence Bransby
Throughout the journey Lawrence
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discovers what it means to be Rus-
sian; is the country really free of
the past? Should it be free from the
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Motorcycle Messengers
Jeremy Kroeker (editor)
2015
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Motorcycle Messengers, a compila-
tion of tales from the road, is a collec-
tion of stories relating to motorcycles
and travel, for the most part written
by well-travelled and often published
writers.
Edited by Jeremy Kroeker, a Cana-
dian based traveller himself, Motor-
cycle Messengers is almost like an
anthology of stories directing to you
to the writer’s other works. It could
be a problem for some, we don’t think
so as all the stories are engaging and
inspiring, you’ll want to read more.
Motorcycle Messengers includes
many of the big names of motorcycle
travel; Ted Simon, Sam Manicom,
Lois Pryce, Geoff Hill however, some
of the lesser known are the better
reads, perhaps they come across as
being fresh, more open and honest.
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past? It's an insight that many travel-
lers through Russia perhaps struggle
with. Are the people of Russia any
better off than what they were under
Communism?
Throughout his journey Lawrence
is confronted by these challenging
questions and yet there's one con-
stant; Two Finger On The Jugular.
The people of Russia want to share
their lives, their community, their
country.
Two Fingers On The Jugular is an
outstanding read that you will strug-
gle to put down, you'll want to keep
going with Lawrence, get to the end,
turn around and do it all again ...
you'll want to be shown Two Fingers
On The Jugular ...
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That’s not to say the big names aren’t
worth reading, they certainly are, in
fact they’re a must.
This compilation is extremely hard
to put down, you’ll ride with every
traveller from location to location
in one hit, it’s easy reading yet many
will have you thinking, will have you
laughing, will have you crying.
Motorcycle Messengers 2 is on its
way, so make sure you grab a copy of
the original first … the one thing we
do hope with volume 2 is that a dif-
ferent collection of travellers gets to
explore their tales.