Southern Man

A Novel

De: Greg Iles

Narrado por: Scott Brick

Duración: 45 h y 43 m

Resumen del Editor

"A first-rate political thriller."–John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author

The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and Cemetery Road, about a man—and a town—rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning 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—one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.

As 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.

But 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.

To triumph over the national party machines, Bobby evolves a plan of unimaginable daring. One fateful autumn weekend, with White set to declare his candidacy in all fifty states, the forces polarizing America line up against one another: 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 Bobby 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.

In Southern Man, 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 into our current moment—where America itself teeters on the brink of anarchy.

©2022 Greg Iles (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Disappointed

I have read every novel written by this author as he my favorite. Reading is my favorite hobby and I enjoy a good story that allows me to "escape" from what's going on in the world. Several authors have recently written about pandemics, riots, politics, so I'm guessing there's a market for it. After 9 hours, I have, sadly, decided to discontinue this novel.

Same old topics

An hour in and it just alternates between racial conflict and political agendas. Isles needs to think of some new plot topics. I get enough of that in the news. I can’t listen to 44 hours of it for “entertainment”. He seems to only want to make Mississippi look as bad as possible.

Audio book not great

I am returning the audio, but have purchased the book. The audio was driving me crazy. It was like a broadcaster with headlines . Could not tell who was talking. Hard to follow because I felt annoyed and like I was being yelled at. With that said I love this author one of my all time favorite. Reading the book is working much better.

Greg Isles is a Master Storyteller

Loved the book. Very well written and engaging from first chapter. I always look forward to reading the Greg Isles stories