Roary the Racing Car characters, such as Rusty, Flat Bed, Nick, Lugga, Zippee, Hellie, Breeze, Conrod, James, and Loada. "Roary the Racing Car" is set around a fictional motor racing circuit called Silver Hatch (a portmanteau of the names of the two British Grand Prix racing circuits, "Silverstone" and "Brands Hatch"). The majority of the action takes place at the track's pits and workshop, although we often follow the cars on their laps around the track. Occasionally, the characters venture to external locations such as the nearby beach. Each story begins and ends with a brief narration from racing car driver Sir Stirling Moss.
A Home at the End of the World A Home at the End of the World A Home at the End of the World is a 1990 novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Michael Cunningham. The book is narrated in the first person, with the narrator changing in each chapter. Bobby and Jonathan are the main narrators, but several chapters are narrated by Alice, Jonathan's mother, and Clare. An excerpt from "A Home at the End of the World" was published in "The New Yorker", chosen for Best American Short Stories 1989, and featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. Bobby had grown up in a home in suburban Cleveland,