Jeremy Clarkson gets under the skin of 12 countries by looking at the cars people drive and how they drive them. This book presents hilarious travel writing.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
one star is too generous:
Why do people, English and American, it seems, applaud the likes of prejudiced, arrogant, offensive and sexist buldozers??? A friend who knows what i think of this man forced me to read the first few pages. How can you bear to listen to the words of someone with absolutely no respect for the opinions and rights of anyone else? Like all of our right to live on a planet which hasn't been killed off by the fumes emitted by the p***s extension cars of overgrown public schoolboys?
Refreshing and entertaining but makes you wonder:
3.5 stars really. The author is fun to watch in action on TV. He is not afraid to speak his mind and has a unique turn of phrase when critcally examining something. He writes in much the same way. In fact, you sometimes catch yourself reading like Clarkson talks - complete with the pregnant pauses! A light-hearted read, really. I did find some of the explanations/comments frustrating though. There is a chapter on Australia with a few outlandish statements that could be read as fact when they're not.... more info
Colorful writer:
Jeremy Clarkson uses British humor and the English language in ways more colorful and vivid than most. At the same time he is strongly opinionated and, often, irritating in the extreme. I am pleased when he hates a car which has been consistently overrated, but I grow weary of his defenses of smoking and of his right to subject others to it. He's worth reading if you can sort through the baggage, but after awhile he sort of gets to me. I am always more aware of Clarkson than of the subject he is addressing... more info
