This is Dickey writing at his best - a fast-paced novel of raw emotions, softened as always with his incomparable humour and characters you will always remember. "Driver" is an ex-con trying to make his life right but who shares an expensive secret and a past affair with his boss's wife - a woman who is nothing but trouble. Dickey's rich characters jump off the page, making readers feel as if they are present in the hustle-filled pool hall, the bedroom, and the Lincoln Town car that Driver chauffeurs his wealthy and notorious clients around in.