![]() ![]() ![]() A feel-good story about the French Resistance that might very well inspire more than a few designers and engineers. "McAllister effectively turns what could have been a humdrum story about car design into a real page-turner and a daring tale. Half-silly, half-serious and full of human interest, The Tin Snail brings 10- to 14-year-olds into endearing and unusual company." ( Wall Street Journal) "Feel-good, funny, romping, filmic adventure" ( Sunday Times) Illustrated with panache in pen and ink by Sam Usher." ( Spectator) Plus it has a human element: the plot revolves round the designer’s young son, and his wan hopes that the car will help his parents stay together. Norah, an English war guest living with the wealthy Ogilvie family in Toronto, can hardly wait for August. It manages to turn the struggle to invent the Citroen as the first people’s car, and then to keep its design from the German invaders, into a story of the Resistance, which is saying something. ![]() "I honestly never thought I’d find myself reading, let alone taken with, a book about the making of a French motor car but The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister is a thoroughly engaging read. ![]()
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