Southern Man by Greg Iles - Hardcover
Southern Man by Greg Iles – Hardcover
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Prepare to be gripped by the masterful storytelling of Greg Iles, hailed as "one of America’s great storytellers" by Stephen King. Southern Man, an electrifying continuation of the Penn Cage saga, dives deep into the heart of a divided America, delivering a tale that is as timely as it is thrilling.
Fifteen years after the harrowing events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is a man haunted by loss, solitude, and a secret that isolates him from the world. But his quiet exile shatters when a deadly shooting at a Mississippi rap festival leaves his daughter, Annie, narrowly escaping death. The attack ignites a series of events that sets the Deep South ablaze, both literally and figuratively, as tensions erupt into chaos.
As plantation homes burn and a radical group claims the attacks as acts of historic justice, panic grips the region. Against this turbulent backdrop emerges Bobby White, a charismatic war hero turned unlikely Presidential candidate. Funded by a reclusive billionaire and dubbed “The TikTok Man,” White’s rise threatens to reshape the political landscape—and push the country to the brink of civil war.
With time running out, Penn teams up with Annie, now a fierce civil rights lawyer, and an ex-Black Panther with a tragic past to unravel White’s sinister ambitions. Together, they risk everything to expose a conspiracy that could destroy the fragile threads holding America together.
Set against a backdrop of racial tension, political intrigue, and unrelenting suspense, Southern Man captures the pulse of a nation on the edge. Greg Iles weaves a tale that is both a searing political thriller and a powerful exploration of justice, legacy, and the fight for what truly matters.
For fans of high-stakes drama and deeply resonant storytelling, this is a novel that will leave you breathless long after you turn the final page.
Author Profile
Greg Iles has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of many New York Times bestsellers. His Natchez Burning trilogy continued the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil's Punchbowl. Iles's novels have been made into films and published in more than thirty-five countries. He is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders, lives in Natchez with his wife, and his three children.
Critic Reviews
“"Pure reading pleasure. This guy knows the deep south as well or better than any other novelist."”
"Greg Iles is one of America's great storytellers. His books are page-turners with real literary resonance. Southern Man is the latest and the best." -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"A first-rate political thriller.... an unflinching look at the frightening rise of fascism and Trumpism." -- John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Iles delivers an insightful, ambitious, and satisfying saga. This is a high water mark in a strong series." -- Publishers Weekly
"This is a genuinely terrifying book because of its plausibility--Iles perfectly captures the tinderbox that America is in the post-Trump era. . . .This is a perfectly done political thriller with genuine resonance. Astonishing." -- Kirkus (starred review) on Southern Man
"This astonishingly good novel is very much a product of its time, a story of violence and racial unrest in the aftermath of the Trump presidency. . . Politically charged and written in rich, visually evocative prose, this is Iles at his reader-thrilling best." -- Booklist (starred review) on Southern Man
"An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption... Iles's latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment." -- Washington Post on Cemetery Road
-- Stephen King on Cemetery Road
"Iles... has made Mississippi his own in the same way that James Lee Burke has claimed Cajun country and Michael Connelly has remapped contemporary Los Angeles... They will be talking about this one for a quite a while." -- Booklist (starred review) on Cemetery Road
"A sweeping tale of family dysfunction [and] sexually charged secrets." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Cemetery Road
"It is impossible to turn away. It's like binge-watching your favorite TV drama, and you don't dare take your eyes off the screen for fear of missing out on another revelation. Cemetery Road is full of them." -- Bookreporter.com
"Imagine William Faulkner and Stieg Larsson had a love child. Natchez Burning combines the pace of Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo with a Faulkneresque, bone-deep knowledge of Mississippi in all its beauty and racial torment." -- AARP Magazine
"Every single page of Natchez Burning is a cliffhanger that will keep you devouring just one more chapter before you put it down to eat, work, or go to bed.... This ambitious, unique novel is the perfect marriage of a history lesson and a thriller." -- Jodi Picoult
"Iles carries it off with style, intelligence and passion...The Bone Tree is filled with menace, betrayal, [and] unexpected plot twists. . . [and] is a very American epic-in-progress that leaves us waiting, none too patiently, for whatever revelations are still to come." -- Washington Post
"Extraordinary. . . . 'Great Expectations' transplanted to an American South laced with comparably gothic overtones. . . . The Bone Tree establishes Iles as this generation's William Faulkner." -- Providence Journal
"Absolutely compelling.... A beautifully constructed story [and] some extremely fine writing." -- Booklist (starred review) on The Bone Tree
"Greg Iles' bestselling Penn Cage saga--most famously his "Natchez Burning" trilogy and now his latest, SOUTHERN MAN [are] thrillers with the stakes raised by Iles' exploration of the racism that has long ruled the South and haunted the nation." -- Los Angeles Times
"Astonishing.... The most timely book of 2024." -- Dayton Daily News
"A masterstroke from a master writer... a contemporary and prescient political thriller." -- Tom Mayer, Oxford Magazine
"Crime writing of a rare order...As much a trenchant state-of-the-nation novel as a mesmeric page-turner." -- Financial TimesProduct Details
ISBN: 9780062824691
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Binding: Hardcover
Publication Date: May 28, 2024
Pages: 976
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Dimensions (CM): L23.88W17.02H5.59
Weight (KG): 1.13