Cosby, a Virginia writer whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies, first penned a short story about Bug, “Slant-Six,” which was selected as a distinguished story for Best American Mystery Stories 2016, making Blacktop Wasteland a welcome return appearance. I have been a closet Duster fan since I was a kid.I. If you have the nagging feeling you’ve read or heard about Beauregard “Bug” Montage before, it’s possible. In this video from the 2021 SEMA Show held in Las Vegas NV, I catch up with this 1974 Plymouth Duster. After a few short years, the Barracuda was spun off onto its own body type (E). When the Valiant line was new, it spawned a sporty version called the Barracuda. The Plymouth Duster / Twister, Dodge Demon, and Plymouth Scamp. His only fault is putting his trust in people he knows he should have nothing to do with and succumbing to the allure of easy money. The Plymouth Duster and Scamp, and the Dodge Demon - cars based on the Plymouth Valiant. Bug’s commitment and dedication to his family is real and heartfelt, as is his determination to make a legitimate life for them. Bug’s skills as a wheelman-and the Plymouth Duster he inherited from his father-enable him and his crew to get away with their lives, but it’s not enough to keep greed, betrayal and vengeance from closing in at every turn.Ĭosby’s tightfisted prose fuels this story with heart-pumping (and often brutal) action that begs to be adapted for the big screen but somehow never loses its compassionate edge. Bug and Ronnie’s “simple” heist of a jewelry store goes horribly awry in more ways than one. Needless to say, not everything goes to plan. The result is a high-octane, white-knuckle thriller that will have readers whipping through the pages at breakneck speed. Cosby quickly establishes Bug’s financial burdens and emotional dilemma in his new novel, Blacktop Wasteland, and never lets up on the gas. So when an old associate, Ronnie, approaches him about a job that could set everything right, Bug reluctantly agrees.Īuthor S.A. In Bug’s case, mounting expenses-a mix-up with his ailing mother’s Medicaid has left her owing more than $48,000 to her nursing home his daughter needs tuition money for college he’s in arrears on loans for the operation of his garage-leave him with nowhere else to turn. But the past and the demands of the present have a way with catching up with people. He had walked away from that lifestyle, opened his own garage, settled down with a loving wife, had several children. Beauregard “Bug” Montage thought he was out-out of the rackets and the crimes that once dominated his early life.
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