{"id":47252,"date":"2020-09-11T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47252"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:57:32","slug":"blacktop-wasteland-by-s-a-cosby-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/blacktop-wasteland-by-s-a-cosby-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47270\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Blacktop-Wasteland-SA-Cosby-BookDragon-527x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Blacktop-Wasteland-SA-Cosby-BookDragon-527x800.jpg 527w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Blacktop-Wasteland-SA-Cosby-BookDragon.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nS.A. Cosby and <em>Blacktop Wasteland<\/em>\u00a0were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/ANNOUNCEMENT-\/pid=9736530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">featured in\u00a0<em>Booklist<\/em>\u2019s 2020 Spotlight on Crime Fiction<\/a>,\u00a0and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Response-to-comments-about-i-Booklist-i-May-1-2020-cover-S-A-Cosby\/pid=9736544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">editorial<\/a> proved to be thought-provoking and memorable. For readers seeking further Cosby-talk, choose the audiobook, because, while actor Adam Lazarre-White is absolutely convincing, the recording\u2019s highlight just might be Cosby\u2019s 10-minute interview at novel\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>Cosby reveals he\u2019s an audiobook aficionado, enabled by a day job that requires substantial driving. He enthusiastically plans to \u201c<em>make<\/em> people listen to it that drive with me.\u201d Reacting to Lazarre-White\u2019s performance, Cosby \u201cfelt like he was listening to my thoughts,\u201d so accurate were the aural portrayals.<\/p>\n<p>Beauregard \u201cBug\u201d Montage is juggling two lives: the devoted husband and father who runs a car-repair shop, and the man trying to avoid the temptations of easy money as a getaway driver, just like (deadbeat) dear-old-dad. With mounting debts,\u00a0Bug agrees to one final driveaway which, inevitably, gets him trapped for yet one more job.<\/p>\n<p>As Bug\u2019s responsibilities multiply, Lazarre-White smoothly embodies the growing cast of family, friends, thugs, gangsters, and\u00a0saviors. While Cosby\u2019s florid sentences might elicit an occasional eyeroll, the high-octane listen never loses its heart-thumping speed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Blacktop-Wasteland-\/pid=9738824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW S.A. Cosby and Blacktop Wasteland\u00a0were featured in\u00a0Booklist\u2019s 2020 Spotlight on Crime Fiction,\u00a0and his editorial proved to be thought-provoking and memorable. For readers seeking further Cosby-talk, choose the audiobook, because, while actor Adam Lazarre-White is absolutely convincing, the recording\u2019s highlight just might be Cosby\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,81,142,6,6535],"tags":[1082,84,9269,6608,6668,7631,75,10,189,11,13,212,216,39,9270],"class_list":["post-47252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-audio","category-black-african-american","category-fiction","category-repost","tag-adam-lazarre-white","tag-betrayal","tag-blacktop-wasteland","tag-bookdragon","tag-booklist","tag-booklist-online","tag-death","tag-family","tag-father-son-relationship","tag-friendship","tag-love","tag-murder","tag-mystery","tag-parent-child-relationship","tag-s-a-cosby"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. 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