Much later as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 justnorth of Phoenix watching the pool of blood lap toward him <strong>Drive</strong>r wo... » 

Much later as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 justnorth of Phoenix watching the pool of blood lap toward him Driver wouldwonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still of course theredbe no doubt. But for now Driver is as they say in the moment. And the momentincludes this blood lapping toward him the pressure of dawns late light atwindows and door traffic sounds from the interstate nearby the sound ofsomeone weeping in the next room....Thus begins Drive a new novella by one of the nations most respected andhonored writers of noir fiction. Set mostly in Arizona and L.A. the story isaccording to Sallis ...about a guy who does stunt driving for movies by dayand drives for criminals at night. In classic noir fashion he is doublecrossed and though before he has never participated in the violence I drive.Thats all. he goes after the ones who doublecrossed and tried to kill him. «