Racing Classics

A short story and a first chapter of a book published as a Penguin 60.

The first chapter thing sort of threw me, as so far in the P60s series I haven't come across this setup. There are plenty of these with excerpts, mostly well selected so as to have a start and a finish, but not a first chapter.

The first chapter story was really good - as I read it, I hadn't realised it was this setup, so I was intrigued as to how it was going to work itself out in the few remaining pages, but it really didn't, it just peaked my interest! How frustrating. However, it probably did it's job, as I will now buy the book to get the rest of the story!

The short story was also a good read. Very enjoyable character work, clever plot and good writing.

4 stars.