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"The book features hundreds of excellent photos, while the writing is lively, the pace brisk, and the personal stories spellbinding...highly recommended."

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Excellence
August, 2002

"Authors Michael Keyser and Jonathan Williams cover Le Mans" history, McQueen (warts and all) and the moviemaking process."

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Playboy
March, 2001

"...must-read titles."

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AutoWeek
November 20-26, 2000

"Well written, painstakingly researched and beautifully edited, it tells the full story ? as it says on the cover ? of the man, the race, the cars and the movie, and is itself a classic in the making."

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911 & PORSCHE WORLD
December, 2000

"A bookshelf must."

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Motor Trend
November, 2000

"The strength of this book lies in its penetrating analysis of McQueen - a disadvantaged boy who became a troubled, difficult but talented man."

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Vintage Racecar
November, 2000

"Michael Keyser, author of The Speed Merchants, has done extensive research and it shows. A French Kiss with Death presents a comprehensive view of the whole undertaking, giving the reader a solid history of real le Mans racing as well as glimpses of earlier Hollywood versions of the sport...
Motor racing and movie fans alike will enjoy it immensely."


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Road & Track
April, 2000

"All race-movie buffs, McQueen fans or early "70s sports prototype fans will want a copy of this book just for the photographs. Readers of suspense novels will want a copy for the story. It"s easily my favorite book of 2000."

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Sports Car Market
July, 2000