04798cam a2200769 4500 521999441 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250751935 1250751934 4bde41f2-bcbb-44aa-a889-9f954de8e7ca OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5243394 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cosby, S. A. Blacktop Wasteland [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2020. crime noir. secrets. racism. books on tape. twists. family life. African American Literature. gritty. prejudice. audiobook. criminals. Driving. race. Southern fiction. robbery. violence. car. driver. audio book. burglary. American South. black writers. father son relationship. African American authors. getaway. troubled past. mystery thriller suspense. own voices. heists. ownvoices. library journal best books of the year. amazon best books of the year. new york times best books of the year. best books of 2020. l.a. times book prize winner 2020. anthony award winner 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 306MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 306MB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:<p><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Books of 2020<br /></b><br /> <b>"Narrator Adam Lazarre-White's voice exudes confidence and depth; his performance is an example of how the best audiobooks deliver pure storytelling." — <i>AudioFile Magazine,</i> Earphones Award winner</b><br /> <b>A husband, a father, a son, a business owner...And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.</b><br /> <b>This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.<br /></b><br /> Beauregard "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.<br /> He 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.<br /> Haunted 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.<br /> Like <i>Ocean's Eleven</i> meets <i>Drive</i>, with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby's <i>Blacktop Wasteland</i> is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books<br /></b><br /> "Sensationally good—new, fresh, real, authentic, twisty, with characters and dilemmas that will break your heart. More than recommended." — Lee Child<br /> "A fast-paced, fresh take on noir that tears through the underbelly of Virginia." — <i>New York Times</i><br /> "If you're looking for dark, gritty, nuanced heist thriller that feels like <i>The Fast and the Furious</i> + <i>The Italian Job</i> + the Starz show <i>Power</i> but set in the south with fantastic, immersive narration, pick this up." — Book Riot</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Lazarre-White, Adam. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/5243394-BlacktopWasteland.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4bde41f2-bcbb-44aa-a889-9f954de8e7ca&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/5243394-BlacktopWasteland.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4bde41f2-bcbb-44aa-a889-9f954de8e7ca&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)