Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Christina Hendricks Driver works as a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. He drives, that's all--until he's double-crossed. "One stark and stunning tale of murder, treachery, and deceit . . . [Drive] packs a wallop."--"Boston Globe" "A perfect piece of noir fiction . . . focus[ing] on those hollowed-out moments when a man's moral landscape suddenly shifts and he's plunged into darkness."--"New York Times Book Review" "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."--"Chicago Tribune" An "Entertainment Weekly" Top Ten Book of the YearA "Washington Post "Best Book of the Year James Sallis is the author of the Lew Griffin novels and more than a dozen other books, including the biography "Chester Himes," a "New York Times" Notable Book. He has been short-listed for the Anthony, Nebula, Edgar, Shamus, and Gold Dagger awards. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.