{"product_id":"death-drive-there-are-no-accidents-paperback","title":"Death Drive: There Are No Accidents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Bayley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars and car design than in any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness and cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Drive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and a detailed exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes, from Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar, in 1927, to Helmut Newton in a Cadillac, in 2004. The author concludes by confronting the imminent demise of the car itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Bayley\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, critic, columnist, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum. Over the past 40 years his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. \u003cbr\u003e Tom Wolfe on Stephen Bayley: \"\u003ci\u003eI don't know anybody with more interesting observations about style, taste and contemporary design\"\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e What the critics said about the first edition: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Reading this book, one quickly gets accustomed to superb writing. Words cascade forth in perfect pitch and harmony on page after glorious page.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Gerard DeGroot, The Times\u003cbr\u003e \"Death Drive\u003ci\u003e is a must for petrol-heads. The range of cultural cross-reference and automotive detail is positively epicurean.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Jay Merrick, The Independent\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Akin to Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, \u003c\/i\u003eDeath Drive\u003ci\u003e is an autoerotic Babylon that never ends well.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Ray Edgar, The Age, 3 June 2016\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Albert Camus once remarked that there's\u003c\/i\u003e 'nothing more absurd than to die in a car accident'. \u003ci\u003eThat was before his car hit a tree at 80mph. \u003c\/i\u003eDeath Drive \u003ci\u003e- a compendium of stories about famous people killed stupidly in cars - oozes absurdity. Stephen Bayley recounts delightfully grotesque tales about celebrities done in by trees, by lamp posts, or by nonentities in ancient Chevys. A design masterpiece, this book combines exquisite prose with stylish presentation - the cars are described more lovingly than the people who perished in them. Like a Bugatti, \u003c\/i\u003eDeath Drive \u003ci\u003erecalls a time when books and cars were beautiful.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- The Times, Books of the Year, 26 November 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.51 x 6.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522197381427,"sku":"9781911422501","price":43.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TIMAtVZQb79781911422501.webp?v=1781966752","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/death-drive-there-are-no-accidents-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}