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The Man In The White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane And Me (2010)

by Ben Collins(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

000732796X (ISBN13: 9780007327966)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperCollins UK

review 1: I would say that he's not exactly modest, to put it nicely. With the "biblical" hill climbs in the army, and the "epic" racing he's taken part in, he came off as egotistical, and with some of his offhand remarks he seemed a bit brash also. Unfortunately he's not the best writer either. There were a few interesting bits, but I'm glad it was a quick read as I wouldn't want to keep going if it was much longer.
review 2: I got this tome from my library; glad I didn't pay for it. I was hoping for the reasons fir his departure, but instead got a BBC-friendly version of "we aren't going to sack you....but find another one...". He spends a lot if time talking about his military time, which u skipped over. The times he does talk about being The Stig, he sorta skims over... more. Also, I felt that he personally came off as a whiny baby because the cast and crew didn't praise him fir his racing past. Part of the character was that not even the presenters knew who he was. I recall watching an interview with him where he said that he couldn't drink with the crew after filming was done, and felt unwelcomed by that, yet in the book, he said he adopted that antisocial attitude to farther the character's "mystique". All in all, glad that I didn't purchase it because most of the final section was so boring that I found myself skimming through them. I would, however, recommend this work to fellow Top Gear fans, but would caution them that most if it is a bore... less

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