Rockers and Rollers - An automotive autobiography

Brian Johnson

Penguin/Michael Joseph

2009

241 páginas

8h 2m

ISBN-13: 9780718156107

By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock n' roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC's charismatic, flat-capped frontman gets to indulge his passion for all things automotive. Cars and rock n' roll, they were made for each other.
Car racer, car collector and all-round car enthusiast, Johnson is an incurable, certifiable petrolhead who can't remember a time when four wheels didn't feature as large in his life as music.
Starting, as a young boy growing up in Tyneside, with an old steering wheel and his imagination, a lifelong passion took root early. And through cramped teenage fumbles in an old Mini and clapped-out, hygienically challenged tour vans, to chauffeur-driven, leather-trimmed limos and a sideline as a successful racing driver, it's been there ever since.
By turns surprising, joyful, poignant and usually laugh-out-loud funny, "Rockers and Rollers" is the story of a man with an insatiable appetite for life and a glimpse into the incredible world of AC/DC, set to soon overtake the Beatles as the biggest-selling band in history.
Packed with hair-raising anecdotes and revealing a God-given talent for comic writing on every page, Brian Johnson has written the most distinctive, entertaining autobiography of the year. Essential reading for car nuts and rock fans.
Well, that'll be most of us then...

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Coisa linda

Se você curte AC/DC, este livro talvez interesse.

Se gosta de carros, vai interessar mais ainda.

Mas, se você é fã do humor inglês, é um prato cheio!

Em vários capítulos curtos, Brian Johnson - um maníaco por veículos automotivos - conta histórias envolvendo carros, aviões, ônibus e tudo quanto é máquina que anda. E uma parte da sua história no meio disso tudo.

Cheio de piadas inesquecíveis, vale a leitura. Mas atenção: se você estiver atrás de revelações preciosas sobre o AC/DC, vai encontrar bem pouca coisa.