So when Bug finds himself in a financial ditch, and someone offers him a job as a getaway driver, he feels he has no way of saying no. But living paycheck-to-paycheck is rough. Bug’s mother does have some reason to be bitter though-Bug’s old man was involved in a lot of car-related criminal activity when he was young, and both she and Bug bore the consequences of Anthony “Ant” Montage’s actions.Īpart from a couple off-the-grid drag races on the side, Bug has been trying to keep his head above water without indulging too much in the way of illegal activity. The man has a bit on his plate trying to care for the two young sons he has with his current partner, the older daughter he had as a young man, and his very quarrelsome mother, who seems to delight in being difficult just for the sake of it. Now I may have made some grammatical clunkers there trying to convey the kind of feel you get from Blacktop Wasteland, but I think it’s necessary.īeauregard “Bug” Montage is a black mechanic who’s set up shop in Virginia. What I got instead was a novel that was one part noir and many many parts most intense car changes I have ever seen committed to the written word. Going by the blurb of Blacktop Wasteland, I had been expecting a crime novel. Well, this is a perfect book to review after Blood Sweat and Chrome?
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