Blacktop Wasteland
the acclaimed and award-winning crime hit of the year
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Narrated by:
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Adam Lazarre-White
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By:
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S. A. Cosby
About this listen
It's a crime that history repeats itself.
Beauregard 'Bug' Montage: honest mechanic, loving husband, devoted parent. He's no longer the criminal he once was - the sharpest wheelman on the east coast, infamous from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida.
But when his respectable life begins to crumble, a shady associate comes calling with a clean, one-time job: a diamond heist promising a get-rich payout. 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, which soon endangers all he holds dear.
Like Breaking Bad in a high-speed collision with Drive, this stunning debut holds up a cracked mirror to the woozy ideals of the American dream - a dazzling, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race and a scarred, self-destructive masculinity.
The perfect gripping listen for fans of acclaimed writers such as Don Winslow, Attica Locke, Bill Beverley and Thomas Mullen.
©2020 Shawn A. Cosby (P)2020 Headline Publishing Group LtdCritic Reviews
"Sensationally good - new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart." (Lee Child)
"Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice. Think Elmore Leonard, or Chester Himes...add S. A. Cosby to that list." (Steve Cavanagh)
"Blacktop Wasteland is an urgent, timely, pitch-perfect jolt of American noir." (Dennis Lehane)
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-2024
Never disappoints
I’m loving this author, the narrator and the story line. It takes you on a journey where you are holding on for dear life.
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- David Leitch
- 07-09-2022
Excellent story, great dialogue, well narrated
Although I think the reader mispronounced this years most over used word "palpable" the fact that I noticed should tell you how good the listening experience is. I was immersed in this low life story of internal and external conflict from the beginning. The scenery is excellent, the action scenes are excellent and the book is full of one liners that brought out the black comedy, pun intended, that lightens up many a tough story.
The author will have trouble improving on this effort. There are twists and turns even if not that many outright surprises but the inevitable progress of the story does not detract from the enjoyment.
Along with another flawed character in Abir Mukharjee's novels this is among my recent favourites.
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- "r_squires"
- 12-01-2021
Great story and well read. I binge listened!
I sometimes struggle to concentrate on an audiobook, but this was really good. A great story and the narration was excellent. Highly recommended.
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- Andrew Lehan
- 13-08-2020
Mr Cosby can write. The narrator is tailor made.
Everyone should read this, and listen.
The film version of this would just work, even with the obligatory tweaks for flow; but as a novel, it flows just fine.
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- Andrew Aldridge
- 22-08-2021
Absolute Pearl of s story!
Like the writer, I drive alot. Bug & his Duster had me hooked immediately. The story was full, had strength & characters that drew you into their world. Brilliant & Loved it.
Aj
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- shawn
- 05-07-2023
Breaking Bad esq
The excessive use of simile and metaphor got old quite quickly into the story which was a basic version of breaking bad, where Walter White was even mentioned
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