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Alan Clark's Diaries have been bestsellers - 350,000 copies soldRobert Coucher, former editor of Thoroughbred and Classic Cars magazine, has collected Clark's motoring writings - among them previously untranscribed diary entries and some early memoirs, including driving his own R-R Silver Ghost in two Alpine rallies. He also contributes a revealing introduction.'You cannot help but enjoy Clark's vivid evocation of an epoch now remote and his nostalgia for the romantic aspects of motoring before it became just driving.' Mary Killen, The Daily Mail'Anyone who enjoys the Clark prose style, indeed anyone who has ever had a zest fro life (the two are mutually inclusive), will find BACK FIRE a thrill from cover to cover.' Graham Stewart, The Spectator'BACFIRE has all of the traits of the diaries, bitchy and opinionated, but also offering a true enthusiast's view of a life spent behind the wheel.' Stuart Sommerville, The Scotsman'A brilliant book for the real motoring enthusiast. Leave prejudices at home and you will be seduced as Clark always intended' Campbell Spray, Sunday TribuneClark, Alan is the author of 'Back Fire A Passion for Cars and Motoring' with ISBN 9780753813737 and ISBN 0753813734.
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