Blacktop Wasteland

A Novel

De: S. A. Cosby

Narrado por: Adam Lazarre-White

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020

"Narrator Adam Lazarre-White's voice exudes confidence and depth; his performance is an example of how the best audiobooks deliver pure storytelling." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

A husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

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.

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.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

“Sensationally good—new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended.” — Lee Child

"A fast-paced, fresh take on noir that tears through the underbelly of Virginia." — New York Times

"If you’re looking for dark, gritty, nuanced heist thriller that feels like The Fast and the Furious + The Italian Job + the Starz show Power but set in the south with fantastic, immersive narration, pick this up." -- Book Riot

Needed this one

So glad to have come across this one, it really snapped me out of the doldrums

Gripping

Red clay, white lines, black hearts. Gripping story that races from the first page. The narrator and characters make this poverty-soaked story oh so rich.

Exceptional.

I cant wait to listen to other works. Vivid, thrilling. Also cant wait for the movie.

Bug pissed me off

I really enjoyed listening to this book, but Bug really pissed me off. This book is a very good way to show someone how every decision that one makes has consequences, and one cannot blame someone else. Bug was the one who agreed to be the getaway driver for Reggie and his friend. Everything that happened with Lazy is on him. All those senseless deaths were a consequence of his decision. The young man who died, that was on him, and that death really upset me because it was his fault that he died. This book was good, but Bug really pissed me off because he was smart and dumb at the same time. He holds himself accountable, but he says that he wouldn’t change.

A MUST READ

The characters were compelling and fully developed. I was excited to see how they interacted and show their intentions! Great story!!!