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On The Edge: My Story

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title On The Edge: My Story
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Hammond
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 129
Category/GenreTelevision
Cars
ISBN/Barcode 9780753824047
ClassificationsDewey:791.45092
Audience
General
Illustrations 32

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 29 May 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

An adrenalin junkie long before his association with Top Gear, Richard tells the story of his life, from the small boy showing off with ridiculous stunts on his bicycle to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. After a series of jobs in local radio, he graduated to television and eventually to Top Gear. His insights into the personalities, the camaraderie and the stunts for which Top Gear has become famous, make compulsive reading. It was whilst filming for Top Gear that Richard was involved in a high speed crash, driving a jet-powered dragster. His wife Mindy tells the story of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from his coma. In an extraordinarily powerful piece of writing, she and Richard then piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed.

Author Biography

Richard Hammond is internationally famous for co-presenting Top Gear; he also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse, Should I Worry About...? and Time Commanders, and he was a team captain on the BBC2 quiz show, Petrolheads. He writes a weekly column in the Daily Mirror.