The Way to Dusty Death, Alistair MacLean
The Way to Dusty Death, Alistair MacLean
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The Way to Dusty Death

Author: Alistair MacLean

Narrator: George Weightman

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/22/2025


Synopsis

The classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion, the poster-boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. But a recent devastating accident has driven him to drink. And now his beloved sport is changing: too many things are going wrong in too many races. And when Johnny is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out. But what he finds has nothing to do with cars, and some people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melindam on November 16, 2019

Certainly read better by McLean.......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on September 20, 2020

Formula one champion Johnny Harlow notices that too many bad things are happening in too many places. When he starts to investigate, he is blamed for the latest accident which cripples his girlfriend.......more

Goodreads review by Shalini on August 17, 2018

* Read/Reviewed in Oct 2011 The background is Formula 1 racing (and perhaps the only book I’ve read with this context), and quite interesting as such. The story itself is not so much about racing, but about more sinister under-goings, - not unexpectedly so, as McLean’s forte is spy thrillers. But I d......more


Quotes

'Vigorous thriller with screaming tyres' Observer 'Excitement comes from the gruelling car chases and scenes of motor-racing life' Sunday Telegraph 'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror ‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins