Anybody who knows me knows that I’m a big Top Gear fanatic. So when a friend of ours gave us an Amazon gift certificate, I knew exactly what I would be spending my share on — Richard Hammond’s semi-auto-biography. I say semi-auto-biography, because half of the book was written by his wife. Hammond is one third of the trio on Top Gear, and a couple of years ago he had a major accident while filming a piece for the show. He was driving a jet-engine powered car when a tire blew out at about 290mph. It consequently veered off of the race track, flipped, rolled, and dug the roll cage (and his head) into the ground.
The book is a story mostly about the aftermath of that day. He had a massive brain injury due to the wreck, and the book details his life afterwards. This is where his wife comes in — obviously he can’t detail what exactly happened after the wreck or much of the next couple of months, so his wife recalls the experience. I won’t go into too much of the story, but I found it to be an interesting and easy read — it’s only about 300 pages and decently sized font (and pictures, too). If you’re interested, you can probably find it at your local book store or here on Amazon.com.
And to finish up, here’s a link to a (partially funny) commercial for his book : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ChupoaIqsg