{"product_id":"9781911422501","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Death Drive : There Are No Accidents by Stephen Bayley","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 13\/04\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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.   The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369346216309,"sku":"9781911422501","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911422501.jpg?v=1763553071","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781911422501","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}