Crashed and Byrned
The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw, Ausgezeichnet: William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year 2008
(Sprache: Englisch)
The autobiography of the racing driver, Tommy Byrne, whose rise was meteoric and fall spectacular. Now the subject of a feature-length documentary released in cinemas in late December 2016.
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The autobiography of the racing driver, Tommy Byrne, whose rise was meteoric and fall spectacular. Now the subject of a feature-length documentary released in cinemas in late December 2016.
Klappentext zu „Crashed and Byrned “
This is the thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared - the 200mph flawed genius of Tommy Byrne.It tells the surreal tale of a poverty-stricken Dundalk kid's rise to become the only racing driver the great Ayrton Senna ever feared - and how it all went wrong from there. For a brief moment Tommy Byrne was arguably the world's greatest driver, the motor racing equivalent of George Best and Muhammad Ali rolled into one - A racer, a thief, a raconteur.This is the story of his improbable escape, his rapid rise and his spectacular and bizarre fall from grace. Peppered with dark humour and a cast of ridiculous characters, it is the antithesis of a fairytale - and it's all true.
Hold on tight, the tale of Tommy Byrne is quite a ride - from fending for himself as the runt of a big Catholic litter in the '60s, running the gauntlet of the sectarian violence in the '70s, troubling Ayrton Senna and making it to F1 in the '80s,resorting to drugs in the aftermath and driving for a deluded billionaire madman and then gun-toting Mexicans in the '90s. It's raw, passionate, and - with Byrne's ability to tell it like it is - not for the faint-hearted.
Autoren-Porträt von Tommy Byrne
Tommy Byrne was the 1980 Double British Formula Ford 1600 champion, the 1981 British Formula Ford 2000 champion and also the European Formula Ford 2000 champion. In 1982 - having also become British F3 champion - he entered F1, but by the following year had disappeared without trace. He will be available for publicity at time of publication. Mark Hughes is recognised as one of sport's top journalists. He has written a number of books on F1, including Icon's bestselling, critically-acclaimed Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story, and another of which won the 2005 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year award.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tommy Byrne
- 2010, 256 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- With Mark Hughes
- Verlag: Corinthian
- ISBN-10: 1906850186
- ISBN-13: 9781906850180
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Crashed and Byrned “
'One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Riveting.'FINANCIAL TIMES 'You won't be able to put it down.'THE TIMES 'One of the best racing books you'll read this decade.'AUTOSPORT 'An essential read ... brilliantly told.'OBSERVER 'Witty and shocking ... a must for anyone who has the constitution to handle it.'MOTOR SPORT MAGAZINE 'Incredibly entertaining'IRELAND AM 'A real pleasure and provides massive insight into what makes racers do what they do.'INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE 'Absolutely brilliant' RTAe 'I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.'DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A remarkable, colourful, at times scarcely believable tale which unravels at a breakneck pace. You must buy this book.'F1 FANATIC
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