Long Lane With Turnings: Last Words of a Motoring Legend - Hardcover

Setright, L. J. K.

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9781862078727: Long Lane With Turnings: Last Words of a Motoring Legend

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ISBN 10: 1862078726 ISBN 13: 9781862078727

Publisher: Granta Books, 2006

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L. J. K. Setright was one of the 20th century's most influential, opinionated, and idiosyncratic motoring journalists. In this dryly witty memoir of his early years left unfinished at the time of his death Setright recalls a variety of vivid memories from his childhood years, including standing behind his father's driving seat, enjoining him to go fast,” and taking an early delight in machines of all sorts, from his first bicycle to his first car. Readers will savor his pitch-perfect descriptions of many noted automobiles, whether the Mini a very convincing little brick” a Renault 4 swaying like a sailing dinghy in corners” or his beloved Bristols. The portrait of the writer and the man which emerges is marvelously detailed, quirky, and full of warmth.

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L. J. K. Setright, author of the critically acclaimed Drive On! A Social History of the Motor Car (Granta) wrote for Car magazine for 33 years, and was a world expert on tyres and expresses forthright views on such things as speed limits, taxation, and pollution.

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Author of the critically acclaimed Drive On! A Social History of the Motor Car Leonard Setright was one of the twentieth century's most influential and opinionated motoring journalists A warm and quirky memoir about Setright's early years and his passion for all things automotive 'The doyen of British Motoring writers, an idiosyncratic, eloquent, deeply informed, erudite enthusiast... He found it impossible to be boring' Alan Judd, Spectator Praise for Drive On! A Social History of the Motor Car: 'His fuel-injected eccentricities of opinion are as combustible as the internal combustion engines with which he is greasily familiar' The TimesJames May is the co-presenter of BBC's Top Gear programme and also one of the contributors of the Top Gear Magazine

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