Don’t knock the book til you’ve read it.
I received the book for Christmas, along with a 30cm Stig (filled with “body wash.”)
Have only just started, but it seems a relatively interesting read about his career as a battling racing driver. It seems very honest, as is mostly recounting his various crashes and struggles to get a regular drive.
If the book takes off, he will make a ***** load more money than he was paid as The Stig.
If the book had simply been about his time as the Stig (eg inside gossip about Top Gear) I would have felt he’d done the wrong thing, but it’s not.
Yes, he has used his status as The Stig to get people to buy his book. Good luck to him.
He COULDN’T have published anything as The Stig.
People should also remember that he did NOT out himself as The Stig. Hamster did that by crashing his car. The Stig was an eye-witness and had to give the police a statement which became public record. Journos got hold of those statements and the cat was well and truly out of the bag.
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Crazy Dazz
Kicking Hippies in the Balls since 1966
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