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The Way to Dusty Death is a thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. It was originally published in 1973. The title is a quotation from the famous soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 5 in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. The book was published in 1973 and became a best seller.
- Alistair MacLean
- 1973
The Way to Dusty Death is a thriller giving testimony to Alistair Maclean’s brilliance. Johnny Harlow- the main character, is no ordinary racing driver and as suspected his mission is a race against time; ‘the way to dusty death’ being a clever play on words.
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Macbeth laments the meaninglessness of existence in a famous soliloquy from Shakespeare's play. He compares life to a candle, a shadow, a tale, and a fool, and wonders how it leads to dusty death.
The Way to Dusty Death: Directed by Nick Havinga. With Angela Lansbury, Joanna Barnes, Richard Beymer, Lynn Carlin. A tyrant's demise puts Jessica on the trail of several of his betrayed executives.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Nick Havinga
- 1987-10-25
The Way to Dusty Death. When I was a kid, 1973's The Way to Dusty Death was one of my favorite Alistair MacLean books. This was partly due to my older brother's influence; a huge auto racing fan, he followed and mythologized the Grand Prix racing circuit that forms this book's core.
254 pages ; 18 cm. "In his newest thriller, about the violent, high-powered world of racing, Alistair MacLean unfolds the story of a champion on the skids. They told Johnny Harlow that he was responsible for the accident which had killed his friend and crippled the girl he loved.
The classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion, the poster-boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport.
