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Blacktop Wasteland by S A Cosby

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Blacktop Wasteland

A Novel

S A Cosby

Flatiron Books · Print & ebook · June 1, 2021

Reading lane: Black Mystery

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive , with a Southern noir twist, S.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Fast, Gritty, Smart

A lean, gritty read that moves fast while still leaving room to think.

Come here for

  • hard-boiled momentum
  • classroom-ready cultural conversation

Expect

  • urban noir tension
  • discussion-friendly themes of family and American life

Book Details

Authors
S A Cosby
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Published
June 1, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Black Mystery · Black Urban Fiction
Reading lane
Black Mystery

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Crime Fiction

  • Black Mystery

About This Book

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive , with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime. “Sensationally good—new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended.” —Lee Child A husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the...

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A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive , with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime. “Sensationally good—new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended.” —Lee Child A husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi. Beauregard “Bug” Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hard-working dad. Bug knows there’s no future in the man he used to be: known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best wheelman on the East Coast. He thought he'd left all that behind him, but as his carefully built new life begins to crumble, he finds himself drawn inexorably back into a world of blood and bullets. When a smooth-talking former associate comes calling with a can't-miss jewelry store heist, Bug feels he has no choice but to get back in the driver's seat. And Bug is at his best where the scent of gasoline mixes with the smell of fear. Haunted by the ghost of who he used to be and the father who disappeared when he needed him most, Bug must find a way to navigate this blacktop wasteland...or die trying.

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