I liked a lot of the main characters, and of course, disliked those characters that it was clear were meant to be disliked. It appeared a bit try-hard and threw off the story’s pace.īlacktop Wasteland seemed to be trying to be a literary version of The Fast & The Furious. This book honestly has similes of Greek mythology and armed robbery. The characters’ speech is written phonetically in Southern twang and slang whereas the descriptions and narrative use very sophisticated language and lots of GRE words. Eventually, I realized it was the stark contrast between the expository language and the dialogue. Cosby is clearly a talented writer, as I read Blacktop Wasteland something just felt off with the writing. 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. Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. 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.

And Bug is at his best where the scent of gasoline mixes with the smell of fear. 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. 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. 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. Publisher’s SynopsisĪ husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.īeauregard “Bug” Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hard-working dad. As Bug falls into some financial troubles, he resurrects his past and agrees to be a getaway driver to a heist that should solve all his problems. Only the heist goes very wrong.

Blacktop Wasteland is about Bug – loving husband, father, and car mechanic.

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