{"product_id":"2026100012508-secondhand-full-tilt-ireland-to-india-with-a-bicycle","title":"Full Tilt: Ireland To India With A Bicycle","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1963, a young Irish woman named Dervla Murphy mounted a bicycle she called Rozinante and set off alone from Dunkirk, pedalling eastward through snow-blanketed Europe, across the sun-scorched plains of Persia and Afghanistan, over the punishing passes of the Hindu Kush, and finally into the teeming heart of India — a journey of ten thousand miles powered by sheer will and an unshakeable childhood dream. Full Tilt is the electrifying firsthand account of that odyssey, chronicling encounters with bandits, blizzards, wolves, and the extraordinary warmth of strangers across a dozen cultures, all rendered with Murphy's signature combination of wit, pragmatism, and disarming candour.\n\nBeyond its surface thrills, the book stands as a landmark of twentieth-century travel writing — a genre-defining work that dismantled the assumption that solo long-distance adventure was the exclusive domain of men. Murphy's prose is spare yet vivid, her observations sharp with the eye of an anthropologist and the heart of a poet, capturing a pre-globalised world already on the cusp of profound change. Published by the venerable John Murray imprint, Full Tilt launched one of the most distinguished careers in travel literature, leaving the reader with one burning question: where on earth could she possibly go next?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948306272475,"sku":"2026100012508-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/97c0ab40-f63a-4b26-9887-7bc95bcc12f2.png?v=1793104316","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012508-secondhand-full-tilt-ireland-to-india-with-a-bicycle","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}