Detours: Life, Death and Divorce on the Road to Sturgis - Softcover

Praise for Richard La Plante’s bestselling Hog Fever

“This book is a Bible for the first-time Harley rider and anybody else who’s ever dreamed of a life in the wind.”—K. Randall Ball, editor, Easy Rider Magazine

“The story of a love affair between a grown man and a set of chrome exhaust pipes. I laughed, I cried. I went out and bought a crash helmet.”—Peter Mayle, New York Times bestselling author

“Like many a fancier of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the ‘hog’ of song and story, La Plante became hooked, then obsessed, then broke. He’s still hooked, obsessed, and broke.”—Los Angeles Times

“I had a great laugh over the whole story. He is having one helluva good time and passing that along to the reader.”—American Rider

“A self-deprecating true chronicle of La Plante’s near disastrous experiences riding a Harley.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“This book . . . is enlightening, funny, and infectious. Read this and you too will itch to be ‘in the wind.’”—Birmingham Post

“Highly readable, full of anecdotes and insights. La Plante has a great sense of humor, which jumps out at every page. The best Harley book I’ve ever read.”—Sunday Express

Richard La Plante's thrillers, Mantis, Leopard, Steroid Blues, and Mindkill, are compelling reading for those who love fast-paced films like the "Lethal Weapon" series. La Plante is also the author of two nonfiction books about motorcycles and the love a man can have for a machine, Hog Fever and Detours. A native of the Philadelphia area, Richard La Plante lives with his family on Long Island in New York.