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Book by Holroyd Michael
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Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming book. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; while Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Revue de presse
"A charming book...elegantly written" (Alexei Sayle Telegraph)
"Holroyd's elegant little essays are a pleasure to read...these are witty, quotable jeux d'esprit" (Nick Rennison Sunday Times)
"A great Christmas present for those hurtling towards their driving test. A subtle delight" (The Lady)
"Jolly, illustrated salute to the cars in his own life and the lives he has biographised in a long literary career. Lovely. Toot! Toot!" (Iain Finlayson The Times)
"A delightful memoir-cum-social history which is wry, self-deprecating and anything but stuffy. his elegant musings provide an ideal festive pick-me-up, compact enough to fit in a stocking, and packing enough pep to burn any rival off the road" (Andrew Lycett Sunday Telegraph)
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On Wheels
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013
ISBN 10 : 0374226571
ISBN 13 : 9780374226572
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On Wheels
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013
ISBN 10 : 0374226571
ISBN 13 : 9780374226572
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Hardback. Etat : Good. From the bestselling author of>A Book of Secrets, a brisk, charming, illustrated account of a motoring lifeAs a child, Michael Holroyd spent his best hours in his family's cramped garage, which contained a wealth of magical, exciting objects. But the most intriguing by far was the one in the middle of the room--the family's eight-horsepower black Ford, which had found in the garage a permanent home and in Holroyd a dedicated caretaker. Sitting in the backseat--his own private castle--he began his love affair with the automobile. On Wheels is the story of the cars and drivers that inspired and affected Holroyd throughout his life. Ranging from drives around the country with his father, a car obsessive, to the baroque horrors of his austere driving instructor, to the liberating pleasures of automatic transmission, On Wheels is an automotive autobiography--the story of times and places that mattered to the author, told through the cars that bore witness. My biographies, Holroyd writes, became increasingly filled with motoring exploits--something of which I was unaware until recently, and so>On Wheels is also a reflection on the author's many brilliant biographical subjects--Bernard Shaw, Lytton Strachey, and many others--and their own relationships to the open road. Casually intimate and often riotously funny, On Wheels is a master biographer's miniature self-portrait--and an indelible reflection on his great passion. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0374226571G
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. AF6 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some chipping and light shelf wear. From the bestselling author of A Book of Secrets, a brisk, charming, illustrated account of a motoring life. 8.25"x5.5", 104 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). N° de réf. du vendeur EC43376BB
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On Wheels
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