'The action sequences are superb, the dialogue wouldn't shame Elmore Leonard, and Bug's experiences recall Walter Mosley at his most powerful.fantastic' Sunday Times 'A superb character study wrapped up in a high-octane heist novel' Guardian 'An urgent, timely, pitch-perfect jolt of American noir' DENNIS LEHANE 'Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice.add S. Like Breaking Bad in a high-speed collision with Drive, this dazzling novel holds up a cracked mirror to the American Dream - and tells the story of one man pushed to his limits by poverty, race and a self-destructive masculinity. Inexorably drawn to the driver's seat - and haunted by the ghost of his outlaw father - Bug is yanked back into a savage world of bullets and betrayal. He's no longer the criminal he was - the sharpest wheelman east of the Mississippi.īut when his respectable life crumbles, a shady associate comes calling with a one-time job promising a huge payout. "Bug" Montage: honest mechanic, loving family man. Can't remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel' MARK BILLINGHAM
'I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND' STEPHEN KING 'BLACKTOP WASTELAND may be the book of the year.' MICHAEL CONNELLY
*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020*
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