The Man Who Cycled The World

I am very careful/picky with the (non-academic) books I read. This is because I always let myself get lost in the story (like in everything I do, I give it my all, I read intensely and passionately); I feel every word; constantly engage/contend with the characters; and well, I always end up exhausted...but happy. This is no Ferrante or Lahiri. But damn it, it'll stay with me for a while.