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. Bug knows there’s no future in the man he used to be, a former wheelman known from North Carolina to Florida. But when a smooth-talking associate offers him a can't-miss job, Bug has no choice but to get back in the driver’s seat. As his carefully built life begins to unravel, he must navigate the treacherous roads of his past.
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A husband, a father, and a business owner, Beauregard 'Bug' Montage is the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi. As his new life begins to crumble, he is drawn back into a dangerous world. Bug must face the ghosts of his past in a high-stakes jewelry store heist.
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G-NRIS™ identifies Blacktop Wasteland primarily as Literary Fiction, Crime Fiction, and Thriller. Its strongest themes include Redemption, Crime and Consequences, Family and Fatherhood, and Poverty and Race. Prominent narrative patterns include Reluctant Criminal, Heist, Haunted Protagonist, and Race Against Time.
Readers connected to this book most often reflect Psychological Moral Explorer reader archetypes. Their strongest shared genre interests include Thriller, Mystery, Literary Fiction, and Romance. They are commonly drawn to themes such as Exploring The Fractured Self, Exploring Justice And Consequence, Psychological Moral Explorer, and Understanding Human Nature.
“Sensationally good―new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended.” ―Lee Child”
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