The World According to Foggy

by Carl Fogarty

Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the Superbike World Championship, The World According to Foggy will delight the legions of motor sport fans in the UK and beyond, and will be lapped by those who have enjoyed books by Valentino Rossi, Guy Martin, Michael Dunlop, John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson and Freddie Spencer.

This is a full-throttle, rip-roaring, white-knuckle pillion ride with motorcycle racing icon Carl Fogarty, a man the nation took to their hearts as 'King of the Jungle' in the 2014 series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The World According to Foggy is packed with hilarious tales from inside and outside the sport. Racers past and present, including Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Steve Hislop and Guy Martin, all come under Foggy scrutiny.

He dips into the memory banks to relive those special moments of his career in World Superbikes and at his 'spiritual home', the Isle of Man TT, and talks candidly for the first time about his venture into team ownership, as well as his inner demons.

Carl lifts the lid on his madcap mates and their daft antics and shares his quirky wisdom on topics as diverse as cricket, hikers, News at Ten , fainting goats, traffic lights and the full English breakfast on trains.

Ultimately, The World According to Foggy reveals the real man behind the cheeky, witty, down-to-earth ... and every-so-slightly bonkers.

272 pages, Hardcover

Published July 17, 2018

Reviews

[Jamie Bowen · Rating 4 out of 5]

As you would expect, Carl Fogarty tells it as it is from cricket to fishing to Brexit, not much escapes a comment from Carl. As you can imagine, he's always entertaining but he does open up about his battles with mental health when his career was ended by injury.

[Stan Jackson]

I found it very heavy going.

[Barry Avis · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining and interesting read from one of motorcycle racings' best. This is not the best written book I have ever read but that is not bad as it seems as though Foggy has actually written it his self. Stories of excessive drinking with rugby legend Dallaglio and the inevitable lots of motorcycle crashes as well as a little behind the scenes chat about "I'm a celebrity" keep the reader interested throughout.
I might check out Foggys' autobiography (which he apologises for).

[Isla Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suppose I was assuming this would have more talk about general things, rather than more specific motoring things. He didn't come across as a particularly nice person, given some of his opinions and things but its a fairly easy and quick read. Its ok.

[neil preston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good fead

Very enjoyable read,made me laugh out loud and reminisce about childhood stuff,also agree with the occasional foggy rant,worth reading great

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read and very informative about his life after racing. Not as good as his first though