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    The Way to Dusty Death

    By Alistair MacLean

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 5, 2009
    ISBN9780007289462
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    The Way to Dusty Death
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    Alistair MacLean

    Alistair MacLean, the son of a minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a teacher. Two and a half years spent aboard a wartime cruiser gave him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.

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    • 3/5
      Behind the scenes Formula 1 racing. A background of criminal activities, rather than about the racing. Lots of mystery until we finally figure it out. An arrogant hero and a leading lady who acts like someone from "The Perils of Pauline".Their conversations are like those from a Sat. afternoon serial movie.
    • 4/5
      5538. The Way To Dusty Death, by Alistair MacLean (read 1 Mar 2018) This is the 8th book by MacLean I have read and the first I've read in almost 10 years. Most of the others I've read involved war, but this one, published in 1973, involves auto racing and drugs. It is extremely fast-paced and event is piled on event. At the beginning one is not sure who the bad guys are but gradually one comes to deduce that and one can be sure that the good guys will win in the end--which frankly is a benefit since it would be devastating for the people one comes to admire to fail to triumph. The hero does amazing things and nearly always with tremendous aplomb. Not much subtlety but one does not mind and I found myself totally caught up in the crescendo of the story. It is only the second work of fiction I have read this year, but I found it easy and a very enjoyable work.
    • 4/5
      The first book I ever read by Maclean, and true it doesn't stand up to his earlier novels. However this doesn't mean that it should be overlooked, as this began a long relationship between myself and one of the worlds greatest thriller writers.The plot follows Johnny Harlow, a seemingly washed out F1 driver and the numerous accidents that are plaguing the circuit. Expect plenty of action and a fairly fast flowing pace. I have no interest in motor racing but the author still managed to hold my attention throughout. Maybe not the ideal place to start as an introduction, but definitely not only one for the completists either.Interestingly the novels title is taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
    • 3/5
      Formel1, engang i 1970erneJohnny Harlow er flerdobbelt verdensmester i racerkørsel. I bogens start har han lige overlevet en ulykke, der kostede en anden kører Isaac Jethou livet og pigen Mary MacAlpine et kompliceret brud på anklen. Tilsyneladende var Johnny skyld i ulykken, men han går fri i den efterfølgende undersøgelse. Handlingen beskrives udefra og Johnny lader som om han er faldet i druk, men det afsløres ikke umiddelbart hvorfor. Racerteamets ejer James MacAlpine lader ham forblive på teamet, selv om han ikke ser ud til at køre ret godt længere. Teamets chefmekaniker Jake Jacobson tror at diverse episoder skyldes "kørerfejl".Senere erfares at Johnnys bror er dræbt ved en ulykke tidligere, at James kone Marie er forsvundet for få uger siden og at Jacobson omgiver sig med skumle typer.Johnny undersøger sagen på egen hånd og er flere gange ved at blive dræbt, men det går endnu værre for Jacobsons mekanikere hvoraf 4 stykker forsvinder og formodentlig er dræbt. Johnny samarbejder med journalisten Dunnet og sammen får de skovlen under banden og får befriet Marie MacAlpine. Dunnet er i virkeligheden Interpol agent.Undervejs bliver Johnny gode venner med Ruby, Marys bror, der ellers har haft galt fat i hvem der var de gode og derfor har modarbejdet Johnny.Racerkørerne Willi Neubauer og Tracchia er også blandet ind i det, foruden nogle skumle mafia-bagmænd. Alle bliver afsløret og fanget. Tracchia og Jacobson bliver skubbet i døden på sidste side.Og Johnny får Mary og det halve kongerige.En tjubang roman, der ikke er alt for god. Hovedpersonen er alt for meget af en superman der har styr på det hele og kører supergodt uanset om han lige har fået en gang tæv i stedet for nattesøvn.
    • 3/5
      Mid to late Maclean, right before his books became unreadable. This one still has some good stuff but a lot of it feels too dashed off.