Neil Peart's final book set for posthumous release this spring
Silver Surfers: Sports Cars of the Sixties celebrates the Rush drummer's love of collecting cars
Rush drummer Neil Peart's final book is set for release this spring.
Silver Surfers: Sports Cars of the Sixties will be published by Insight Editions on May 7 as a celebration of the late musician's love of collecting cars.
In a post on Rush's official Instagram account, the band wrote: "For Neil Peart, cars were a lifelong passion, and in his final literary creation, he writes about his beloved Silver Surfers collection; the joy of collecting these exquisite, rare, and important sports cars, and the myriad ways that they brought him great joy."
The 96-page coffee table book features an array of colourful images, many of which Peart personally curated, alongside some of his humorous anecdotes. His widow, Carrie Nuttall-Peart, has penned the book's foreword.
Peart wrote several travel memoirs throughout his life, chronicling his experiences on motorcycle trips around the world.
This project was in the works before the drummer died of brain cancer in 2020 at age 67.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Brain Tumor Association and the Neil Peart Memorial, a proposed two-statue tribute to the late drummer that would be erected at Lakeside Park in his St. Catharines, Ont., hometown.
With files from the Canadian Press.