"A year ago, Canadian Mark Gardiner quit his job, sold everything he owned and moved to the Isle of Man with two goals: to race in the TT, and to write a book that would answer the question, "Why race motorcycles"
The first excerpts from his proposed book feature in the American Motor Cyclist magazine, cover dated February 2003. This covers the early days, well before practice week when he attempted to cycle round the course, getting a bike sorted and generally meeting and greeting with the locals.
They don't appear to be an e-friendly publication; perhaps a Stateside fan could tell us how to get copies.