{"product_id":"book-e37t","title":"The Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Captures the bold, engaging spirit of one of Britain’s best-loved sporting heroes' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating read and sure to be the definitive account of his life' Mark Knopfler\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS WRITING BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven in the midst of a global pandemic, the death of Stirling Moss on 12 April 2020 at the age of 90 made headlines, almost 60 years after he retired from Formula One. In \u003ci\u003eThe Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Williams assesses what made him such an iconic figure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in 60 brief chapters, Williams builds \u003cb\u003ea fascinating and revealing portrait\u003c\/b\u003e of a driver who was a \u003cb\u003ehero to millions\u003c\/b\u003e. As the long years of war began to recede, sport in Britain was getting moving again and there was a need for heroes. \u003cb\u003eDenis Compton\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eStanley Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e were in their pomp, playing to packed houses. But Stirling Moss was a fresh face, just 17 years old when he first emerged in 1947. Too young to have served and been scarred by the war, he was soon revealed to possess not only an unearthly degree of skill but the qualities of \u003cb\u003ecourage and resolution\u003c\/b\u003e noted in the generation that fought in the air and on land and sea. Their youth had been stolen; his was new and unspoiled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy\u003c\/i\u003e explains how and why he came to occupy such a unique place in the esteem and the affections of the nation. Why him, rather than some of his contemporaries, such as \u003cb\u003eMike Hawthorn\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePeter Collins\u003c\/b\u003e, who shared a role in the rise of Britain as a power in international motor racing? \u003cb\u003eMoss may never have been world champion, but he created a remarkable and enduring legacy, and Williams brilliantly shows just how he did it.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346882765104,"sku":"BDe37t","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/259080-e37t-Square.jpg?v=1734179178","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e37t","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}