{"product_id":"9781907195877","title":"Car Trouble: A Childhood on Four Wheels","description":"\u003cp\u003eWensley Clarkson's mum and dad lived on a different planet from most parents as he grew up in post-war London in the late 1950s and '60s. His mother spent much of her time nursing a tumbler of whisky and a bottle of pills, while his father edited one of Britain's bestselling weekly newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost children were taken to playgrounds and parks to play, but Wensley was left sitting in the front seat of the family saloon car outside pubs for hours with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps. As a result, he got a taste for driving at a dangerously early age and created his own strange motoring netherworld away from the boozy, irresponsible, childish adults he was supposed to look up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCar Trouble \u003c\/i\u003epresents a portrait of a middle-class boy virtually left to run his own life in one of the world's biggest cities. Yet through that neglect emerged a quick-witted survivor whose life was uniquely shaped by his childhood obsession with cars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137404256496,"sku":"9781907195877","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907195877_p0.jpg?v=1763619621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907195877","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}