FREE SHUNT: THE LIFE OF JAMES HUNT PDF none | 624 pages | 15 Sep 2013 | Myrtle Press | 9780957060548 | English | London, United Kingdom JAMES “HUNT THE SHUNT” | THE ’s HIGH-FLYIN’ LOTHARIO RUSH OF FORMULA 1 | The Selvedge Yard The tales of James Hunt are the stuff of legends— on and off the track. Hunt would charm them as they checked in, and invited them up to his suite for a party — they always said yes. Allegedly, James Hunt went on quite a run during this two week binge 33 BA stewardesses. Once his Formula Ford crashed and sank in the Shunt: The Life of James Hunt of a lake. He would have drowned— had he been able to afford seat belts. His skills improved, but he never conquered his fears. This potent cocktail of adrenaline and testosterone made him Shunt: The Life of James Hunt fierce competitor on the track. He Shunt: The Life of James Hunt a commanding presence and spoke impressively in a deep voice with a cultivated accent, saying exactly what he thought. He hated dressing up— wearing old blue jeans and often walking around in his bare feet, even on formal occasions. He drank heavily, smoked two packs a day, experimented with drugs, partied hard, and enoyed the ladies. He married one of them, Suzy Miller, a fashion model who eventually left him for the actor Richard Burton. While he became a media darling for the tabloid press, his behavior was less appreciated by Formula One journalists, who found him a frustrating mixture of boisterous charm and overbearing conceit. Twice he was voted the least liked driver and despairing members of the Formula One establishment accused him of bringing the sport into disrepute. I was just there for the show. Still, she was prepared to give it time in the unlikely event that she was wrong. Hunt would later marry actor Richard Burton. For a time, Hunt enjoyed home life and was in love with Suzy, or so he thought, and undeniably proud of having landed her. James Hunt and his lovely bride. Princess Caroline timed the drivers as they circled the downtown Monte Carlo track. Hunt would hold onto the lead and claim victory. Hunt was the F1 World Champion. Having achieved his championship goal his enthusiasm for racing began to wane. At first, James did not take it seriously he drank two bottles of wine during his first broadcast but soon became a highly respected, articulate and opinionated commentator. In his private life he became a reformed man. McLaren driver James Hunt. Hunt married for a second time, to Sarah Lomax, which also ended in divorce but produced two sons to whom James became deeply devoted. He later fell in love again, a beautiful blonde half his age named Helen. On June 15,she accepted his marriage proposal. Tragically, a few hours later James Hunt had a massive heart attack and died at the age of James Shunt: The Life of James Hunt in Formula1. Nice… These were the days when F1 Shunt: The Life of James Hunt were REAL men and not the self important whining primadonna pussies they are these days…. I was 21 the year James became World Champion, and he was my complete hero. Despite all the flaws, he remains as much to me now. I think anyone in England who watched him compete, win, stumble, and then pick himself up magnificently to form the greatest ever Shunt: The Life of James Hunt commentary team — alongside Murray Walker — will have their hearts warmed to see these shots again. The story of Hunt and Hesketh racing is my favourite of all F1 related stories. So strange, I had actually been waiting for you to write something about Hunt! Did he really win the championship against Lauda by half a point? For me, his only low point…. In the middle of an interview — awesome. Those are words that we will never hear spoken again in this era of PC interviews and sanitized drivers. Valentino Rossi seems to be one of the last true Shunt: The Life of James Hunt pilots, albeit nowhere near as wild as Hunt at least as far as we can tell. Travels gone good but unfortunately over for the time being! Spent 2 hours scanning photos today so more blog updates can happen, finally :. Like this: Like Loading Great work, JP, thank you from Gloucestershire. Love your blog! JP does it again. Nice one. Beautifull pictures, lovely era. Greetings from Argentina. Post to Cancel. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. James Hunt - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Shunt by Tom Rubython. James Hunt is remembered more for his girlfriends and wild personal exploits than for his skills in a race car. In this account of his life, the author has examined every detail of the driver's life - from his very earliest days to the last hours of his existence - as well as the lives of those he left behind. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions Shunt: The Life of James Hunt Shuntplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Tom Rubython needs to work a second editor into his creative process. This editor's job will be to climb a ladder with the latest version of Tom's manuscript and drop it on his head from a great height. Once it's light enough that this doesn't hurt anymore, they'll know it's ready to publish. The amount of padding present in this book makes it difficult to believe it came from a professional - it has a foreword, a prologue and a preface! Hunt fans, you're going to be disappointed. I pointed out in my review of The Life Of Senna that Rubython is a bloody terrible writer, and although he's improved somewhat for this outing, his prose still reads more like a performance review Shunt: The Life of James Hunt middle management than the deft and flourish of a professional writer. There are times when you can tell Shunt: The Life of James Hunt which previous books he's cribbed from Gerald Donaldson's James Hunt: The Biography is especially obviouswith only careful rewording keeping it above outright plagiarism. And if he's ever heard the truism, "show, don't tell", he's dismissed it as something for lesser writers: an enormous amount of the padding is simply Tom telling you what certain people thought, then the quotes from them telling us exactly us the same thing. It's dull and repetitive, not to mention tedious and redundant, and also boring. The effect is compounded by Tom's lack Shunt: The Life of James Hunt self-awareness, if not outright arrogance. As with Sennahe feels free to offer his opinions as fact, right down to which women James truly loved because obviously, it's easy to see into someone else's relationships. He also bestows such wisdom as, Shunt: The Life of James Hunt cannot be over-emphasised how much the advent of ground effects sucked the spirit out of Formula One" - which is true, if you ignore the GP79 mod for rFactorwhich chose specifically because so many different drivers and teams won races, and was voted "Mod of the Year" two years running. Clearly the era was highly competitive and has a sizable fanbase, but Tom has spoken, so obviously their opinion doesn't count. Worst of all is the seedy, lecherous tone he takes when recounting James' sex life. Obviously with James the topic has to come up eventually, but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it, and Tom's way is deeply, deeply wrong. Don't tell us before the fateful Japanese Grand Prix that James was "having his penis sucked" - phrases like that just leave a bad taste in the brain. Keep reading and you'll find a whole chapter defending James' sex addiction, a condition largely invented by Tom, and containing more than a whiff of jealousy and protesting-too-much. He makes the whole thing clinical, distasteful, then expects us to find it as exciting as him. All Shunt: The Life of James Hunt said, credit where it's due - once again Tom has done an impressive amount of research. There seems to be no avenue left unexplored and unresearched from James' remarkable life, and that's kind of the problem - having researched it all, Tom wants to share it all, and he isn't talented or intelligent enough to make that work. After two books with the same faults, I think that's the answer to the riddle of Tom Rubython - the man is an awful writer, but a highly competent archivist. If an archive is what you want, his books will have plenty to offer. If you want an actual book - concise, well-written and a pleasure to read - buy something from Gerald Donaldson instead. Jun 03, Lynda Kelly rated it liked it. This wasn't a patch on Rubython's Senna biography It all seemed very rushed and I don't recall it being advertised as much as the Senna one was either-I heard about it by accident! It was nice to know a lot more about James and his background and I liked the whole of Murray Walker's eulogy at his memorial service was repri This wasn't a patch on Rubython's Senna biography It was nice to know a lot more about James and his background and I liked the whole of Murray Walker's eulogy at his memorial service was reprinted in full as that was lovely, although sad, of course.