The Bookworm Critique
The eye-opening adventures of two former racers turned WWII soldiers makes for intriguing reading in this unusual offering from "The Grand Prix Saboteurs" by Joe Saward
Try as you might, it really is quite difficult to imagine Jenson Button, his racing career curtailed by war, parachuting into hostile territory as a secret agent, hooking up with Fernando Alonso, and the pair of them embarking upon a career in special operations.
Thus the story of the WWII activities of Willy Grover, winner of the first Monaco Grand Prix under the pseudonym 'W Williams' (one of numerous aliases he worked under), and Robert Benoist, a former GP and Le Mans winner, seems fanciful enough to have offered the plot line to an entire series of 1950s comic books.
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