Archive for Items Categorized 'Fiction', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

A Ribbon of Road in the Moonlight

by Michael Pearson

This builds up to the 1957 Targa Florio road race in Sicily. Fast cars, pretty women, a man with a plan. You’ll be entertained—if you don’t think too much.

Street Rod

by Henry Gregor Felsen

Boy builds car, wins trophy, loses car. In print continuously since 1953, this novel just doesn’t seem to lose its appeal.

II PY

by Edward Evans 

A crime caper revolving around a vintage Rolls-Royce. More of a hair-puller than a nail-biter . . .

Sprint Car Salvation

by Dave Argabright 

The subtitle of this fast-moving novel by a highly respected and talented racing journalist is “A Jimmy Wilson racing adventure” and an adventure is just what it is!

The Hot Rod Reader

Edited by Melinda Keefe and Peter Schletty

As one should expect of a good anthology, this compendium covers a lot of ground. It encircles its subject from all angles by presenting various commentaries by practitioners and observers. Representative examples of news articles, essays, fiction, and interviews have been gathered to help the reader connect the dots about what rods and rodding are all about.

The Detroiters

by Harold Livingston

Pulp fiction. After Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 acclaimed film, it is probable that this phrase conjures images that go far beyond the scope of its original essence—who can forget the indelible images of Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield? And although Livingston’s book has been described as pulp fiction, it really is not in the same league as the sexy crime thrillers.

Life is a Highway: A Century of Great Automotive Writing

Edited by Darwin Holmstrom & Melinda Keefe

Just as Tom Cochrane’s 1991 most famous song of the same name has been covered by others, this book presents “covers” of a common theme. It is an anthology of 44 examples of ruminations about anything automotive, from excerpts from novels to magazine articles.

Closing Speed

by Ted West

The author traveled to Europe as a racing reporter in 1970 and was assigned to cover the World Manufacturers Championship. This fictional account covers the racing—and a whole lot more on the sidelines.

The Red Car

by Don Stanford

The red car is a wrecked 1948 MG TC roadster that Stanford’s main character, sixteen year-old Happy “Hap” Adams, is seeing for the first time and wants to bring back to life.

Four Works of Fiction by B S Levy

Writing a novel is both a skill and an art, requiring an author to make “word” people who we, as the readers, will find believable and simultaneously keep us engaged, so that we keep reading and turning those pages. If the author happens to be writing historical fiction—well, that’s one more challenge, because now what […]

Racing in the Rain: My Years with Brilliant Drivers, Legendary Sports Cars, and a Dedicated Team

Two books about racing in the rain—they couldn’t be more alike in one respect, yet completely different in others.

Two classic books by Ken Purdy

Purdy was a prolific freelance writer during the 1940s–1970s. He edited magazines directed toward men including True and Argosy, writing authoritatively on many subjects, but is remembered primarily for his car-related material. It is no accident that the Award For Excellence in Automotive Journalism given by the International Motor Press Association is named after him.

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