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Asphalt wasteland
Raw noir gangster with the smell of blood and gasoline
Beauregard, aka Bug, is a good citizen, settled with his wife and children in a small American town, where he owns a garage and tries to make an honest living. But the pitfalls of racism and poverty are lurking around every corner, business is not exactly booming and repayments need to be sent on time. Add to that a phone call from the nursing home where his mother lives, regarding irregularities in the payments for her stay, and Bug has to brush up on the dark past he's sworn off.
There is still no one to match him behind the wheel, and he has gasoline in his blood, just like his father, a criminal who has long since disappeared in a cloud of dust. When the offer to drive a car during a jewellery store break-in comes up, it seems like a job tailor-made for Bug. But there's a catch. The guys who invited him to the event aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. And this whole job could go horribly wrong...
A perfectly written gritty award-winning novel from a new star of the American crime genre!
They wrote about the book
Absolutely sensational - an original, fresh, believable novel full of suspense, wild twists and characters whose life dilemmas will break your heart.
Lee Child
I fell for this book... A furiously fast paced thriller that doesn't go far for a punch. One line says it all: Drive that car like you stole it.
Stephen King
Cosby makes the character of the novel clear right away with the opening scene of a clanking country car race: it will be smart, tough, uncompromising and also a lot about cars and driving.
Pavel Mandys, iLiteratura.cz
A sharp, unflinching, sometimes thoughtful and sometimes very action-packed thriller from a rising African-American star of contemporary crime fiction.
iLiterature (book tips for 2022)
Get in the seat of death, buckle up and enjoy Cosby's dangerous ride. But turn the radio down, because the author has a story or two for you to listen to.
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