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Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitlerâs Best
Maybe someday
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Readers
60/100Critics
34/100Scholars
Author:
Neal Bascomb
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date:
March 17, 2020
As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, these three misfits banded together to challenge Hitlerâs dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this dayâbut which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
What The Reviewers Say
Motorsports doesn’t seem like a topic that has resonance beyond its limited confines. But in Neal Bascomb’s new non-fiction book, Faster, motorsports takes on a grand scale with a story of political, economic and social importance.
Like many of the cars that race through it, Faster adheres to a formula and keeps a brisk pace.
In this beautifully told book, each page adds to the last, right up to the climactic last chapter. Faster captures, in detail, the glory days of early racing and the drivers who faced down their dangers..
... well-researched.
