Blacktop Wasteland, S. A. Cosby
Blacktop Wasteland, S. A. Cosby
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Blacktop Wasteland
A Novel

Author: S. A. Cosby

Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2020


Synopsis

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

About S. A. Cosby

S. A. Cosby is a New York Times bestselling writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of All the Sinners Bleed, which was on more than forty Best of the Year lists, including Barack Obama’s, as well as Edgar Award finalist Razorblade Tears and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Blacktop Wasteland. He has also won the Anthony Award, ITW Thriller Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award, BCALA Award, and Audie Award and has been longlisted for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on November 12, 2021

Fascinating, invigorating, raw, harsh, adrenaline pumping, one of the greatest reads of the year highly recommended to the lovers of tasty crime novels and noir genre. Nope, I cannot give anything less than five gazillion stars because from the first pages, breathtaking, action packed, truly dramati......more

Goodreads review by karen on February 10, 2021

looking for great books to read during black history month...and the other eleven months? i'm going to float some of my favorites throughout the month, and i hope they will find new readers! if you like this book, or sympathetic antiheroes in general, come see this booklist thing i wrote for f(r)icti......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on July 23, 2020

Too expository but the action is exhilarating. It’s like Fast and Furious but literary.......more

Goodreads review by zuza_zaksiazkowane on November 30, 2024

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Goodreads review by Debra on July 20, 2020

Man oh Man oh Beauregard...... "Listen, when you're a black man in America you live with the weight of people's low expectations on your back every day. They can crush you right down to the goddamn ground. Think about it like it's a race. Everybody else has a head start and you dragging those low......more


Awards

  • L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner
  • Anthony Awards - Nominee
  • Anthony Awards - Winner
  • Amazon.com Best Books of the Year
  • Library Journal Best Books of the Year
  • NPR Best Book of the Year
  • New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year
  • L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist