Blacktop Wasteland

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<p><b>*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020*<br>*LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2020*</b></p><p><b><i>'</i>BLACKTOP WASTELAND</b><b> may be the book of the year.'</b> MICHAEL CONNELLY<b><br>'Sensationally good' </b>LEE CHILD<b><br>'I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND'</b> STEPHEN KING<br><b>'Stunning. Can't remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel' </b>MARK BILLINGHAM</p><p>"Bug" Montage: honest mechanic, loving family man. He's no longer the criminal he was - the sharpest wheelman east of the Mississippi.</p><p>But when his respectable life crumbles, a shady associate comes calling with a one-time job promising a huge 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.</p><p>Like <i>Breaking Bad</i> in a high-speed collision with <i>Drive</i>, this dazzling novel holds up a cracked mirror to the American Dream - and tells the story of one man pushed to his limits by poverty, race and a self-destructive masculinity.</p><p><b>'Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice...add S. A. Cosby to that list.' </b>STEVE CAVANAGH</p><p><b>'An urgent, timely, pitch-perfect jolt of American noir' </b>DENNIS LEHANE</p><p><b>'A superb character study wrapped up in a high-octane heist novel'</b> <i>Guardian</i></p><p><b>'The action sequences are superb, the dialogue wouldn't shame Elmore Leonard, and Bug's experiences recall Walter Mosley at his most powerful...fantastic'</b> <i>Sunday Times</i></p><p><b>'Spectacular....a voice as stark and distinctive as Elmore Leonard's, and a humanity that touches the soul.'</b> <i>Daily Mail</i></p><p>'<b>A delicious slice of country gothic wrapped in smart, hard, contemporary neo noir.' </b>ADRIAN McKINTY</p><p><b>'The book will leave you breathless, but also desperate to know where Cosby will take us next.'</b> LAURA LIPPMAN</p><p><b>'...S. A. Cosby reinvents the American crime novel. <i>Blacktop Wastel

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781472273758

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 128 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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