Bastard’s a Genius, The: The Robert Clifford Story (From Schoolboy Dunce to Shipbuilding Entrepreneur).

Alistair Mant
ISBN: 9781741143669 Category:

$20.00

Sold Out

The authorised biography of Robert Clifford, founder and chairman of INCAT – builder of high speed wave piercing catamarans.’Bob Clifford is a hero of mine. I actually sought him out because I wanted to find out how on earth he had learned to do what he has done . How did he do it? I believe he is a genius.’ – Dick SmithThe story of how Robert Clifford went from being a poor student to a global shipping entrepreneur reads more like adventure fiction than cold hard fact. But it is all true. The tale contains the usual quota of disaster and triumph, spiced with a fascinating account of ingenuity and invention at work. After all, if you go into business, you might as well experience a financial meltdown and a bank receivership. If you take up yachting, you might as well win the Sydney-Hobart race in a near photo-finish. If you invent and then dominate a global fast-ferry market, you might as well win the Hales Trophy for the fastest Atlantic crossing, not once but three times.But behind the swashbuckling adventure story lies a complex, affectionate and little-understood man of surprising sensitivity and creativity. He is an all-action hero consumed by the need to conceive, shape and bring to fruition objects of great utility and beauty. He is a man quite unlike the standard-issue ‘businessman’ and much more like those distinguished artists and scientists who are impelled by some inner voice to do the work they do. pp. xvii, 254 illusts #0818

Additional Information

AuthorAlistair Mant
PublisherAllen & Unwin
Year Published2010
Book Condition

FINE

Binding Type

Softcover

Elizabeth’s Bookshops have been one of Australia’s premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth’s family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse.

All items can be viewed at Elizabeth’s Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle WA.
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.