Biography Book Reviews

The life of Steve McQueen is already a well documented one but in this book, the author has utilised a variety and extensive collection of photographs to document this tale of the star's life. However, this is not merely a picture book, it's also an easy but fascinating read. The book divides itself into five chapters, The Pursuit of Speed, The Body as a Tuned Machine, Speed and the Silver Screen, Racing is Life and simply, Garage. What follows is an informative overview of the chapter headi...

This is one of these books that I knew would eventually see the light of day now that several years have passed since the death of Photographer Bob Carlos Clarke so before I left for my holidays I rushed into town and picked up my copy from Waterstones in Glasgow in the hope that I had secured a good read in the coming week.  This book is definitely not laid out in your standard fashion but is presented to you as page after page of snippets from interviews, gossip and hearsay from friends, re...