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FASTER

Neal Bascomb

How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best

FASTER is the incredible true story of an unlikely partnership that faced the Third Reich head on - at the height of its dominance, in the most public of venues - and won.

In 1930s Europe, the automobile was king - nothing captured national pride like national racing teams' fusion of engineering and daring in the Grand Prixes of Europe. Germany was unmatched for the resources they poured into these races; no price was too high to ensure the Third Reich's racing team, the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows, were proven superior to the rest of the world.

Simultaneously, the Fuehrer was consolidating power and stripping German Jews of their rights. Rene Dreyfus, a French Jewish driver banned from the major racing teams for his heritage, decided to fight back. With the help of a feisty American heiress, he would create his own team, engineer a superior car, and prove the Germans could be beaten once and for all.

Neal Bascomb is the New York Times best-selling and award-winning author of The Winter Fortress, Hunting Eichmann, The Perfect Mile, and Higher, among others. A former international journalist, he is a widely recognized speaker on the subject of World War II. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Book Published 2020-03-17 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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*Sport, politics, and human passion collide in this sizzling ride of a book. Bringing the excitement of motor racing to life on a page is no easy task but Bascomb succeeds hugely. Rene Dreyfus’s victory over the Nazis is a victory for us all.

“Faster is a full-throttle reminder of the power of heroes to inspire us in dark times. Neal Bascomb has brought to life a gripping, expertly researched tale of an unlikely band of dreamers who risked everything to challenge evil.”

“Like one of the race cars Neal Bascomb so elegantly describes, Faster is a sleek hotrod of a narrative. Replete with fascinating characters, with a historic backdrop full of angst and menace, this is a David vs. Goliath story for the ages.”

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“Like one of the race cars Neal Bascomb so elegantly describes, Faster is a sleek hotrod of a narrative. Replete with fascinating characters, with a historic backdrop full of angst and menace, this is a David vs. Goliath story for the ages.”
—Nathaniel Philbrick, New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower

*“Faster is a full-throttle reminder of the power of heroes to inspire us in dark times. Neal Bascomb has brought to life a gripping, expertly researched tale of an unlikely band of dreamers who risked everything to challenge evil.”
—Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13 Hours

*Sport, politics, and human passion collide in this sizzling ride of a book. Bringing the excitement of motor racing to life on a page is no easy task but Bascomb succeeds hugely. Rene Dreyfus’s victory over the Nazis is a victory for us all.
—A.J. Baime, author of Go Like Hell and The Accidental President