Born to be Riled is a collection of hilarious vintage journalism from
Jeremy Clarkson. Jeremy Clarkson, it has to be said, sometimes finds the
world a maddening place. And nowhere more so than from behind the wheel
of a car, where you can see any number of people acting like lunatics
while in control (or not) of a ton of metal. In this collection of
classic columns, first published in 1999, Jeremy takes a look at the
world through his windscreen, shakes his head at what he sees--and then
puts the boot in. Among other things, he explains why Surrey is worse
than Wales, how crossing your legs in America can lead to arrest, the
reason cable TV salesmen must be punched, that divorce can be blamed on
the birth of Jesus Raving politicians, pointless celebrities, ridiculous
"personalities," and the Germans all get it in the neck, together with
the stupid, the daft, and the ludicrous, in a tour de force of comic
writing guaranteed to have Jeremy's postman wheezing under sackfuls of
letters from the easily offended.