In fact its true awfulness and the glimpses of young macho-macha life in this country proved utterly gripping. This prototype for many far worse versions of humiliation television took my mind off the hamster-wheel boredom of static, indoor exercise.
I sometimes thought of him when I indulged in my own curious vice, which was to watch Blind Date when working out on the rowing machine.
It won't do I must change my life.Īrthur Koestler's satire of academic conferences, The Call Girls (1973), included an extreme leftwing French professor whose secret comfort was to lock his door and retire to bed to read The Three Musketeers while eating chocolate truffles. But do you know what I drive? A VW Passat estate, with a 1.8-litre engine and a piddling 170bhp. At 40, I still sometimes do that, though to less effect, alas. I still can.Īs a child, when I couldn't get to sleep, I used to roll my head from left to right on the pillow, and imagine taking a long journey in a fast car - a Jensen Interceptor, a Triumph Stag, a BMW 735i, an MGB V8, a Jag XJS. At 13 I could tell you the 0-60 times, the top speeds, the cubic capacity, the brake horsepower of all the fastest and most exciting cars. I was one of those children who hoarded facts, and few facts delighted me as much as those about cars. I moon over the lavish shots of the car interiors - the excitement of all those dials, which stare back like multiplied images of one's own excited face. The writing is perky, sybaritic, deliciously technical. There is much talk of hairpin bends and switchback Alpine roads, and slight but manageable understeer. A typical feature in Car seems to involve taking a BMW, a Mercedes and a Jaguar for a triumphantly gratuitous spree across France, Switzerland and Italy. Whenever I am over in Britain, I pick up the best one, which is, appropriately enough, just called Car. Michel Brice/presented by Gérard de Villiers: Brigade Mondaine, about the Paris Vice Squad.I'm very fond of car magazines. In addition, he knew like no other to describe the geopolitical situation. Villiers was known mainly to write stories around current events such as international conflicts, smuggling of nuclear weapons and terrorist threats.
Gérard de Villers mainly acquired fame as the author of the popular book series of espionage novels S.A.S. per title.ħ titles from the series ' Mundane ' Brigade, sometimes issued by Bruna, sometimes without mention of Publisher, paperbacks, 17.4 x 11.4 cm., ca. Published by Bruna between 19 as paperbacks, 11.3 x 17.4 cm, ca.
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