Fangio Racing Driver. By Olivier Merlin. Editions Batsford 1959.

Olivier Merlin, who has the advantage over sone biographers that he is a personal friend of his subject, has written the enthralling story of Fangio?s life: the start of his epic career, as a small-town garage mechanic building his own cars in his spare time; his early performances in the hazardous town-to-town races of South America, followed by his rise to fame and eminence as the most respected figure on the Grandes Epreuves circuits of the world. 216 pages written en English with black and white photos, hard cover with second cover. 22 x 14,5 centimeters size book.