Blacktop Wasteland

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Call Number: Fiction / Cosby, S. A., Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	Due 05-06-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Cosby, S. A.	4-week checkout	Due 05-17-2024

"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series of financial calamities, Bug feels he has no choice but to take one final job as the getaway driver for a daring diamond heist that could solve all his money troubles and allow him to go straight once and for all. Like "Ocean's Eleven" meets "Drive" (but with a mostly black cast of characters), Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of sons living up (or down) to their fathers; of a heist gone sideways; of a man ground down by economic desperation; of fast cars and daring chases and identity and love"-- Provided by publisher.

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Fast Paced submitted by JJM.Deucher on July 11, 2023, 7:18am Recommend the author by a journalist from the Record Eagle. It balanced well the struggles of family and intergenerational trauma of both the lead and supporting characters while also having the propulsion characteristics of heists and get away drives. Will definitely be checking out S.A. Cosby's other books.