{"product_id":"southern-man-a-novel-isbn-9780062824868","title":"Southern Man: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Greg Iles is one of America’s great storytellers.\" \u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003eStephen King, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A first-rate political thriller.\"\u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final thrilling, page-turner in the Penn Cage series from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and \u003ci\u003eCemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a Southern thriller about a man—and a town—rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen years after the events of the \u003ci\u003eNatchez Burning\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone, and he carries a mortal secret that separates him from the world. But Penn’s exile comes to an end when a brawl at a Mississippi rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting—an act of domestic terrorism that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the stunned cities of Natchez and Bienville reel, antebellum plantation homes continue to burn and the deadly attacks are claimed by a Black radical group as historic acts of justice. Panic sweeps through the tourist communities, driving them inexorably toward a race war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what might have been only a regional sideshow of the 2024 Presidential election explodes into national prominence, thanks to the stunning ascent of Robert E. Lee White, a Southern war hero who seizes the public imagination as a third-party candidate. Dubbed “the Tik-Tok Man,” and funded by an eccentric Mississippi billionaire, Bobby White rides the glory of his Special Forces record to an unprecedented run at the White House—one unseen since the campaign of H. Ross Perot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo triumph over the national party machines, Bobby evolves a plan of unimaginable daring. One fateful autumn weekend, with White set to declare his candidacy, the forces polarizing America line up against one another, fueling explosive racial tension: Black vs. white, states vs. the federal government, democracy vs. Fascism. Teaming with his fearless daughter (now a civil rights lawyer) and a former Black Panther who spent most of his life in Parchman Prison, Penn tears into a political conspiracy behind White’s pursuit of the Presidency and ultimately risks a second Civil War to try to expose its motivation to the world, before the America of our Constitution slides into the abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthern Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Greg Iles returns to the riveting style and historic depth that made the Natchez Burning trilogy a searing masterpiece and hurls the narrative fifteen years forward—where America itself teeters on the brink of anarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on Cemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pure reading pleasure. This guy knows the deep south as well or better than any other novelist.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King on Cemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on Cemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sweeping tale of family dysfunction [and] sexually charged secrets.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) on Cemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Imagine William Faulkner and Stieg Larsson had a love child. \u003cem\u003eNatchez Burning\u003c\/em\u003e combines the pace of Larsson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e with a Faulkneresque, bone-deep knowledge of Mississippi in all its beauty and racial torment.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAARP Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every single page of\u003cem\u003e Natchez Burning\u003c\/em\u003e 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJodi Picoult\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Astonishing.... The most timely book of 2024.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDayton Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterstroke from a master writer… a contemporary and prescient political thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Mayer, Oxford Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Crime writing of a rare order…As much a trenchant state-of-the-nation novel as a mesmeric page-turner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus (starred review) on Southern Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Iles] manages to weave the many threads beautifully; nothing gets lost in the shuffle. This is a genuinely terrifying book because of its plausibility—Iles perfectly captures the tinderbox that America is in the post-Trump era. (As Penn ruefully reflects, “I watched in disbelief as businessmen voted for a repeat bankrupt…women for an admitted sexual assaulter, patriots for a draft dodger who would sell his country’s secrets for trivial gain, educated men for an ignoramus.”) This is a perfectly done political thriller with genuine resonance. Astonishing.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus (starred review) on Southern Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Iles delivers an insightful, ambitious, and satisfying saga. This is a high water mark in a strong series.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate political thriller.... an unflinching look at the frightening rise of fascism and Trumpism.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Iles carries it off with style, intelligence and passion...\u003cem\u003eThe Bone Tree\u003c\/em\u003e 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary. . . . ‘Great Expectations’ transplanted to an American South laced with comparably gothic overtones. . . .\u003cem\u003e The Bone Tree\u003c\/em\u003e establishes Iles as this generation’s William Faulkner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absolutely compelling.… A beautifully constructed story [and] some extremely fine writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on The Bone Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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. \u003cem\u003eCemetery Road\u003c\/em\u003e is full of them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on Southern Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Greg Iles is one of America’s great storytellers. His books are page-turners with real literary resonance. \u003cem\u003eSouthern Man\u003c\/em\u003e is the latest and the best.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889689850085,"sku":"NP9780062824868","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062824868.jpg?v=1730231754","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/southern-man-a-novel-isbn-9780062824868","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}