*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020*
´BLACKTOP WASTELAND may be the book of the year.´ MICHAEL CONNELLY
´Sensationally good´ LEE CHILD
´I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND´ STEPHEN KING
´An urgent, timely, pitch-perfect jolt of American noir´ DENNIS LEHANE
´Stunning. Can´t remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel´ MARK BILLINGHAM
"Bug" Montage: honest mechanic, loving family man. He´s no longer the criminal he was - the sharpest wheelman east of the Mississippi.
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.
Like Breaking Bad in a high-speed collision with Drive, 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.
´Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice...add S. A. Cosby to that list.´ STEVE CAVANAGH
´A superb character study wrapped up in a high-octane heist novel´ Guardian
´The action sequences are superb, the dialogue wouldn´t shame Elmore Leonard, and Bug´s experiences recall Walter Mosley at his most powerful...fantastic´ Sunday Times
´Spectacular....a voice as stark and distinctive as Elmore Leonard´s, and a humanity that touches the soul.´ Daily Mail
´A delicious slice of country gothic wrapped in smart, hard, contemporary neo noir.´ ADRIAN McKINTY
´The book will leave you breathless, but also desperate to know where Cosby will take us next.´ LAURA LIPPMAN
´...S. A. Cosby reinvents the American crime novel. Blacktop Wasteland thrums and races - it´s an intoxicating thrill of a ride´. WALTER MOSLEY