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On the Road: Growing Up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years - Hardcover

Hammond, Richard

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Synopsis

An autobiography of Top Gear cohost Richard Hammond, told through eight significant road journeys he has taken

In a new and very appropriate form of autobiography, Richard Hammond tells his life story through a series of significant driving episodes. He's a child in the back seat of Dad's car on the way to the seaside in Weston-Super-Mare. He's on his first bike, a red one, in Solihull; then on his first motorcycle, a Honda MTX50. He's at the wheel of his first car, and with his first girlfriend. He is driving a furniture delivery van as part of his first job in and around Ripon. Now he is showing off with a friend, risking everything. Then he is surging ahead in an open-top, a successful TV star. Next, a car crash that made national headlines. This is an emotional road map in which each chapter has its own registration number, and its own distinctive interior. This memoir surges on to its destination, reversing or moving quickly through the gears, reliving the central episodes and conflicts of Richard's life. Although there are precious few road-rage monologues against four-wheel drivers and men in vests in white vans, Richard Hammond's readers will quickly recognize the funny, self-deprecating, and balanced ease that has made him one of Britain's best-loved writers and television hosts.

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About the Author

Richard Hammond is internationally famous for cohosting Top Gear. His previous titles include As You Do . . . , On the Edge, Or Is That Just Me?, and Richard Hammond's Car Confidential.

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