Driven, James Sallis
Driven, James Sallis
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Driven

Author: James Sallis

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 3 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2012

Synopsis

At the end of the initial novel, Drive, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, “the only one he mourned,” ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him. Driven tells how the young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down early one morning in a Tijuana bar.Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in Phoenix. Walking down the street one day, he and his fiancée are attacked by two men, and while Driver dispatches both, his fiancée is killed.Sinking back into anonymity, aided by his friend, Felix, an ex-gang member and Desert Storm vet, Driver retreats but finds that his past stalks him and will not stop. He has to turn and face it.Because he drives. That’s what he does.

About James Sallis

James Sallis has published seventeen novels; three books of musicology; multiple collections of short stories, poems, and essays; and translations of both prose and poetry. He’s a recipient of the Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime fiction, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the Deutscher Krimi Preis, and the Brigada 21 in Spain, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bouchercon. Sallis is best known for his novel Drive, which was made into what’s become an iconic film.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on May 08, 2012

Can a sequel be better than the first book? In this case, I think so, though there's more to it. This might take a minute to make my point, but follow me here. This is the sequel to novel DRIVE, which was made into a movie starring Ryan Gosling. (hey girl, read the fucking books, too) I fucking love......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 14, 2015

I really enjoyed Drive, the writing, style and non-linear story, so I was interested to see where this story will go with the sequel. The first major issue with Driven is that it tries to continue a story that really didn’t need to be continued. But now, Driver seems different. Driver’s campaign aga......more

Goodreads review by Dave on February 05, 2021

As others have observed, there wasn't an obvious reason for this to become a sequel. Much of the same happens in the second book as the first. But it happens seven years later, after the pretty satisfying double cross and revenge that concludes the first book, Drive. And it features good, lean writi......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 10, 2012

I'm being hard on this one, largely because of the promise it held. For about 2/3 of this book, I was rating it pretty high, but then the wheels came off (sorry). I've not read the first book, Drive, but I tried. At the time I almost thought it a parody, because of it's hyper clipped delivery. It wa......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 20, 2015

DRIVEN, the sequel to the highly entertaining DRIVE starts with a bang as Driver's partner is brutally gunned down and Driver himself attacked by a couple of hired thugs. That sort of blistering opening really set the scene for what should have been a bloody story of revenge filled with heartache an......more

Quotes

“Terse, brutal, poetic, perfectly wrought.” 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)

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