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Race to dakar charley boorman5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Our (or at least his) hero gets massive help and support thrown at him which he barely deserves. Highlight is the run down of his acting career and the classic comment that he got his biggest role when 'the casting people didn't realise I was the Director's son'. No doubt tears were shed in the Gaza Strip, the favelas of Rio, etc that one man should endure so much. The early pages are full of the wonderfulness that is Charley Boorman, with compulsory whinges and whines sprinkled liberally amongst the anecdotes the sheer hell of being a builder in London for example. Well I got to page 133 before abandoning the thing and I very rarely don't finish a book. but the subject matter appealed and surely it wasn't an event where childish behaviour could intrude. Although I was a lot less than impressed with his televisual style I enjoyed 'Long Way Round', admittedly sometimes despite his puerile input. Well, Dave Blendell really didn't like this book.ĭespite my total antipathy towards Mr Boorman I picked up a copy of his 'Race to Dakar' book in a local charity shop. Some times we're asked if we ever review anything we don't actually like. ![]()
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