*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020*
*LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2020*
''BLACKTOP WASTELAND may be the book of the year.'' MICHAEL CONNELLY
''Sensationally good'' LEE CHILD
''I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND'' STEPHEN KING
''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 hi
