<p><b>*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020*<br>*LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2020*</b><br><br><b><i>''</i>BLACKTOP WASTELAND</b><b> may be the book of the year.''</b> MICHAEL CONNELLY<b><br>''Sensationally good'' </b>LEE CHILD<b><br>''I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND''</b> STEPHEN KING<br><b>''Stunning. Can''t remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel'' </b>MARK BILLINGHAM<br><br>"Bug" Montage: honest mechanic, loving family man. He''s no longer the criminal he was - the sharpest wheelman east of the Mississippi.<br><br>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.<br><br>Like <i>Breaking Bad</i> in a high-speed collision with <i>Drive</i>, this dazzling novel holds up a cracked mirror to the American Dream - and tells the story of one man pushed to hi