{"product_id":"blacktop-wasteland-a-novel","title":"Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel","description":"Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner • New York Times Notable Book • NPR’s Best Books of the Year • BookPage’s #1 Mystery and Suspense of the Year • Sun Sentinel’s #1 Best Mystery of the Year\n“I loved Blacktop Wasteland...[A] fast-paced, bareknuckle thriller.” -Stephen King\n“A roaring, full-throttle thriller, crackling with tension and charm.” -The New York Times Book Review\n\"One of the year's strongest novels.\" -Sun Sentinel\n\nA husband, a father, a son, a business owner...And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.\n\nBeauregard “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.\n\nHe 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.\n\nHaunted 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.\n\nLike 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250252687\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250252687.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cosby, S. A.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43593978609725,"sku":"BVV.1250252687.G","price":9.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250252687-0.jpg?v=1788815147","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/blacktop-wasteland-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}