Submitted by Disgruntled Rat... on Mon, 10/10/2022 - 11:50pm
All of You by Elisa Lorello / Lancarello Enterprises: 246 pages, $16.95.
Submitted by Disgruntled Rat... on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 7:47pm
The River Where You Forgot My Name by Corrie Williamson / Southern Illinois University Press: 80 pages, $15.95
Submitted by Disgruntled Rat... on Sun, 04/04/2021 - 9:48pm
Submitted by Disgruntled Rat... on Wed, 11/11/2020 - 11:40am
Submitted by Disgruntled Rat... on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 7:58pm
Faster, By Neal Bascomb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 368 pages. $28.00
In Faster, Neal Bascomb takes on the story of one particular racecar matchup of political consequence: the 1938 Pau Grand Prix, in which a Jewish driver in a French-engineered car owned by an American heiress triumphed over the Germans in their Mercedes. Much as in Boys in the Boat, another story about the entanglement of sports and politics in the lead-up to WWII, Faster reads like a novel. Despite the fact that the outcome is a matter of historical record, I felt compelled to read on well past my bedtime, suspense drawing me forward.
