{"product_id":"death-drive-stephen-bayley-9781911422501","title":"Death Drive: There Are No Accidents","description":"Cars 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Drive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bayley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911422502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911422501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Circa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stephen Bayley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442635190527,"sku":"9781911422501","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0167c459-4f48-4369-9f40-4fa5e3190d8f.jpg?v=1777198730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-drive-stephen-bayley-9781911422501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}