title: Throttling the Bard
author:  Jay Barry 
description: "Motorcycles, nude people, riding fast, police chases, explosions, book burnings, scamming bikers at a biker bar....there's something in this book for everyone." <br />redlegsrides.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-review-throttling-bard.html<br /><br /><span>Throttling the Bard</span> is a book of literature. Constant wordplay, dynamic characters, spiteful villains, and delightful scenery all come together in this adventurous tale of two interesting wordsmiths riding across Nevada. --deathbydenver.com/
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  THROTTLE
  
  
  A Tale Inspired by “Duel”
  
  
  Joe Hill and Stephen King
  
  
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  [Cover]($00003)
  
  
  [Title page](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_000.html#filepos242)
  
  
  [Throttle](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_002.html#filepos3054)
  
  
  [About the
  Authors](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_003.html#filepos105248)
  
  
  [Credits](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_004.html#filepos106792)
  
  
  [Copyright](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_005.html#filepos107119)
  
  
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  [About the
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  [Throttle](CR%21MH1QNFF9QD2G90WTEJS5Z1V5EZAW_split_001.html#filepos1577)
  
  
  THEY RODE WEST FROM THE SLAUGHTER, through the painted desert, and did not
  stop until they were a hundred miles away. Finally, in the early afternoon,
  they turned in at a diner with a white stucco exterior and pumps