{"product_id":"the-bastards-a-genius-alistair-mant-9781741143669","title":"The Bastard's a Genius: The Robert Clifford Story","description":"The story of how Robert Clifford went from being a poor student to a global shipping entrepreneur reads more like adventure fiction than cold hard fact--but it's all true. The tale contains the usual quota of disaster and triumph, spiced with a fascinating account of ingenuity and invention at work. After all, if you go into business, you might as well experience a financial meltdown and a bank receivership. If you take up yachting, you might as well win the Sydney-Hobart race in a near photo-finish. If you invent and then dominate a global fast-ferry market, you might as well win the Hales Trophy for the fastest Atlantic crossing, not once but three times. But behind the swashbuckling adventure story lies a complex, affectionate, and little-understood man of surprising sensitivity and creativity. He is an all-action hero consumed by the need to conceive, shape, and bring to fruition objects of great utility and beauty. He is a man quite unlike the standard-issue \"businessman\" and much more like those distinguished artists and scientists who are impelled by some inner voice to do the work they do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alistair Mant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1741143667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781741143669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Alistair Mant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519303889151,"sku":"9781741143669","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ae70d2b-5cf9-4da0-8405-2d1d98d7fed6.jpg?v=1778737221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bastards-a-genius-alistair-mant-9781741143669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}