{"product_id":"death-drive","title":"Death Drive","description":"\u003cp\u003eCars 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath Drive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57190557843838,"sku":"NW9781911422501","price":16.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781911422501.jpg?v=1778567064","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/death-drive","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}