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Seven years have passed since Driver ended his campaign against those who double crossed him. He has left the old life, become Paul West and founded a successful business back in Phoenix. But walking down the street one day, he and his fiancee are attacked by two men and, while Driver dispatches both, his fiancee is killed. Sinking back into anonymity, aided by his friend Felix, an ex-gangbanger and Desert Storm vet, Driver realises that his past stalks him - and will not stop. He has to turn and face it.

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<p> Lean and lethal...The underworld characters Driver deals with have a tendency to wax philosophical. 'You think about stuff much? Why you're here, what it all means?' one of the hit men asks him. 'Not really, ' Driver answers. And then he kills the guy. -- New York Times <br><br> The enigmatic loner known as Driver, introduced in 2005's Drive , takes to the road again after two thugs assault him and his fiancee on a Phoenix street in this terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought sequel. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review<p> Sallis, perhaps the most genuinely poetic crime writer alive, bleeds tone on every page, crafting sentences that read like a Thomas Hardy lyric. -- Booklist , starred review<p> Coming hard on the heels of the 2011 film version of cult favorite Drive , this gritty, gristly tale will rivet Sallis's growing audience. -- Library Journal <p> Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Drive. ..[it] has more thought, feeling and murderous energy than books twice its length. -- Chicago Tribune , praise for Drive <br><p>

Lean and lethal...The underworld characters Driver deals with have a tendency to wax philosophical. 'You think about stuff much? Why you're here, what it all means?' one of the hit men asks him. 'Not really, ' Driver answers. And then he kills the guy. -- New York Times The enigmatic loner known as Driver, introduced in 2005's Drive , takes to the road again after two thugs assault him and his fiancee on a Phoenix street in this terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought sequel. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review Sallis, perhaps the most genuinely poetic crime writer alive, bleeds tone on every page, crafting sentences that read like a Thomas Hardy lyric. -- Booklist , starred review Coming hard on the heels of the 2011 film version of cult favorite Drive , this gritty, gristly tale will rivet Sallis's growing audience. -- Library Journal Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Drive. ..[it] has more thought, feeling and murderous energy than books twice its length. -- Chicago Tribune , praise for Drive The enigmatic loner known as Driver, introduced in 2005's Drive , takes to the road again after two thugs assault him and his fiancee on a Phoenix street in this terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought sequel. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review Sallis, perhaps the most genuinely poetic crime writer alive, bleeds tone on every page, crafting sentences that read like a Thomas Hardy lyric. -- Booklist , starred review Coming hard on the heels of the 2011 film version of cult favorite Drive , this gritty, gristly tale will rivet Sallis's growing audience. -- Library Journal Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Drive. ..[it] has more thought, feeling and murderous energy than books twice its length. -- Chicago Tribune , praise for Drive Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Driven ..[it] has more thought, feeling and murderous energy than books twice its length. -- Chicago Tribune , praise for Driven

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James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière.

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