Lunches With Mr. Q
"Nelson's writing style is fluid, brisk, engaging...From its carbon fiber-style dust jacket to the colorful almost splashy interior, the book is beautifully designed. It is also impeccably typeset, proofreand and printed--and still comes at an absurdly low price, a rare combination any day, but these days in particular."--Sabu Advani, SpeedReaders.info "Lunches With Mr. Q by author Kevin Nelson is the delightful and entertaining account of a series of lunches and meetings with Kjell Qvale, a self-made multimillionaire auto industry titan...Nelson has managed to capture the charm, wit and humor of Qvale in this entertaining narrative...A fully compelling story."--Arv Voss, Iveho.com "Lunches with Mr. Q is outstanding. Well-written, entertaining, and jam-packed with great motorsports stories."--Lee Raskin, author of James Dean At Speed" A very good read about a fascinating life."--Steve Kirby, Jaguar Tales "There are a couple of truly unique and astounding characters in this book. One is Mr. Q, the other is Kevin Nelson, who has managed to become quite an unusual character in his own right. This is not only a splendid piece of writing, but a splendid piece of publishing as well."--Malcolm Margolin, publisher of Heyday Books This book needed to be written. It chronicles the life of one of America's original and greatest 'car guys,' who made the West Coast (and thus the nation) aware of the motoring joy that could be found in European sports cars. --Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General MotorsThis is nice work and the story is clearly meant to be the star rather than the writer (which in my view is the way it should be done). For the reader, the ability to learn about the emergence of the 'sporty car' market, before there was such a thing, while learning from one of its essential West Coast motivators, is worth the read alone...All in a lovely, a lovely and artful experience. Very classy indeed. --Rick Carlton, The Auto ChannelA must read for every Jaguar owner. Mr. Q is a mythical figure to many of us. --Steve Kirby, president, Jaguar Club of Los Angeles and Orange County