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The Limit: Interview with author Michael Cannell
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Phil Hill is the greatest American champion that Americans have never heard of.
That's author Michael Cannell's simple yet indisputable description of the California-reared racing car driver who memorably nabbed Formula One's European-dominated crown, fifty years ago this fall.
But Cannell hopes to change Hill's relative anonymity with the release of his new book, The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit, out Nov. 7 from Twelve ($25.99). And he well could have an ally in actor Tobey Maguire; he bought the screen rights to The Limit in 2009, before Cannell even started writing, and has signed on to executive produce and star as Hill in the planned project for Sony Pictures.
