Brock Yates's biography of Enzo Ferrari — the obsessive, autocratic founder of the Ferrari racing and automobile empire.
Enzo Ferrari as the archetype of the driven perfectionist: Yates's portrait documents Ferrari's absolute priority of racing over comfort, commerce, or relationships — including his deliberate mistreatment of drivers (he believed fear made them faster), his complicated personal life (legitimate and illegitimate families), and his creation of one of the world's most iconic brands through absolute commitment to winning. A study in how obsessive craft-focus can produce both great art and human damage.
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