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The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

Parenting & Families » Family Relationships

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Enzo is not ordinary dog, he is a kind of philosopher with a nearly human soul. He has been educating himself by watching TV, listening to the words of his master Denny Swift, a race car driver. During his life Enzo has gained tremendous insight into human life. Before dying Enzo tries to do is best in order to preserve the Swift family, holding a dream in his heart that Danny will become a racing champion one day.

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...intellectual pursuits I hope to enjoy. Denny avoided the madness of his personal sound-booth hell by driving through it. There was nothing he could do to make Eves distress go away, and once he realized that, he made a commitment to do everything else better. Often things happen to race cars in the heat of the race. A square-toothed gear in a transmission may break, suddenly leaving the driver without all of his gears. Or perhaps a clutch fails. Brakes go soft from overheating. Suspensions break. When faced with one of these problems, the poor driver crashes. The average driver gives up. The great drivers drive through the problem. They figure out a way to continue racing. Like in the Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1989, when the Irish racer Kevin Finnerty York finished the race victoriously and later revealed that he had driven the final twenty laps of the race with only two gears! To be able to possess a machine in such a way is the ultimate show of determination and awareness. It makes...