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★ BOOK OF THE WEEK ★
SWITCHED FORTUNES
John Rabe
£7.99 Austin Macauley
Making a change from the manuals and the marque history
books, this engaging thriller takes on added impetus when
the author shares his knowledge of cars with the reader.
Author John Rabe is a self-confessed car nut and has written
a traditional adventure story around racing driver Kevin
Richardson, who gets involved in international intrigue but
still manages to put in a good performance on the track.
So, rather than just getting in a car and gunning it, we
are told: ‘The Subaru’s engine started immediately, the
uneven beat of the horizontally opposed flat four cylinder
engine was music to the ears.’ Think about the exciting and
compelling thriller style of the late Dick Francis, but with
cars instead of horses. Great stuff. DB
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