The dark and moving story
of a Barnsley boy who trains a kestrel in order to escape his problems
of family and school remains a
gripping masterpiece (5).
But two
of his
masterpieces in other genres are: L'armée des ombres, a
gripping account
of the French resistance with Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret in particularly fine form, and Léon Morin, prêtre, another wartime drama, which pits a communist atheist, in full spiritual crisis, magnificently played by Emmanuelle Riva, against Belmondo, unusually cast as a totally engaged young priest.
Brooks Brierley tells the sad story
of America's most expensive vintage thoroughbred / Driving a boat - tailed AC — The Editor gets to
grips with a rare Anzani - engined survivor from the early days
of the Thames Ditton marque / Magic Morris Minor — Alec Issigonis's postwar
masterpiece is as collectable today as ever — Michael Worthington - Williams inaugurates our new series
of expanded and very comprehensive Buyer's Guide / Wizardry in the land
of Oz — There may not be many bushes in the Bush but you can trust Nick Baldwin to find a rusting relic / Prescott in 1950 — It's spot - the - celebrity time as Brian Heath pores over a newly discovered hoard
of old hillclimb photos / Brighton revisited — Tom Threlfall describes the other Brighton Run while Peter Corrana gives us his driving impressions
of one
of the most covetable contestants in the main event / Immortal Austin 7 — Bill Boddy (who has owned nine
of them) tells what it is about Herbert Austin's little wonder that keeps it at the top
of the old - car parade / A summer affair For Vitoria Ainsworth — marriage meant an adventurous initiation into the joys
of owning a Roesch Talbot / The real McCurd — Michael Worthington - Williams researches yet another obscure but fascinating UK motor manufacturer
of the 1920s / Styled by the Wind — Touring 4 - seater lightweight bodywork on the Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia was one
of the first attempts at introducing aero technology to automotive coachbuilding.
With powerfully
gripping characters and an ending that is a
masterpiece of deception, Carla Norton's The Edge
of Normal is a stunning debut thriller.