Short but action packed novel. Driver is a career criminal, one that has a lethal combination of youth and wide variety of skills. He picked up a lot as a youth, everything from fast driving, martial arts, knife fighting and guns. He is cold blooded, analytical unlike other crime novel character - Parker.

But unlike Parker, Driver is person that appreciates the company - unfortunately whoever is associated with him dies rather suddenly and violently.

Very good novel, short and right on the spot. For all fans of Stark's Parker this is highly recommended. ( )

Not a fan of this one. I'm all for minimalist prose but when there are departures from that minimalism you always question why - and it felt reading this that the author was more interested in suggesting their political views and describing food and drink than with anything else. For a character living on the breadline, the protagonist here does an awful lot of eating out... ( )

A dark, compelling noir novella (158 pages) that vividly portrays a gritty underworld of crime and criminals, but shortchanges the reader on plot. The prose comes across like an Impressionistic painting, holding back on detail in ways that make your brain fill in what is missing. This works for characters and setting, but not so much on plot, which is a muddle.

We never learn the name of Driver, but we learn more about him in the book than in the film that was based on it. Here, he has a former life and a former family. We learn why he has the survival skills that he does. We still don't learn about his motivations and dreams, other than the need to survive. But the screenplay has the benefit of creating a richer now that includes a compelling through line of plot, cause and effect, in contrast to the book, which consists only of moments.

Like a pointillist painting, those moments eventually add up to a fuller, if still incomplete picture. And like the film, the book is a work of art. ( )

Sometimes a shorter book works and sometimes it leaves you with more questions than answers. Interesting concept and maybe I will try to movie to fill in the gaps. ( )

"Think Virginia Woolf with dead bodies and car chases."

Essa frase perdida no meio do livro exemplifica o que o mesmo é e certamente Nicolas Winding Refn tinha essa frase em mente quando adaptou o livro para as telas, foi exatamente isso que ele fez, mesmo tornando-o quase que linear, o filmou como se fosse uma adaptação de Virginia Woolf com cadáveres e perseguições de carro. ( )