Greg Iles
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Bestselling novelist Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father was in charge of the medical clinic at the U.S. Embassy. He grew up in Natchez, Mississippi and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983. Iles founded the band Frankly Scarlet and played music for a vis mere living for a few years before deciding to write. He belongs to the author rock band known as The Rock Bottom Remainders. Iles's second novel, Black Cross, was awarded the Mississippi Author's Award for Fiction in 1995. His trilogy about Natchez, Mississippi (entitled the Penn Cage Series), made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014 with the first book, Natchez Burning. He made the list again in 2015 with his title The Bone Tree. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Greg Iles
Greg Iles 7 Books Bundled (Dead Sleep, The Footprints of God, The Quiet Game, Sleep No More, Spandau Phoenix, True… (2003) — Forfatter — 14 eksemplarer
Greg Iles CD Collection: The Quiet Game / Turning Angel / Blood Memory [Abridged Audio] (2006) — Forfatter — 10 eksemplarer
Greg Iles CD Collection 3: Dead Sleep / Sleep No More / True Evil [Abridged Audio] (2008) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Greg Iles Collection 2: Mortal Fear / Sleep No More / The Footprints of God [Abridged Audio]] (2005) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Greg Iles Collection: The Quiet Game / 24 Hours / Dead Sleep [Abridged Audio] (2003) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Greg Iles CD Collection 4: Black Cross / 24 Hours / Third Degree [Abridged Audio] (2009) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
Greg Iles Collection: Mortal Fear / Spandau Phoenix / The Footprints of God [Abridged Audio] (2008) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
The Penn Cage Thrillers: The Quiet Game / Turning Angel / The Devil's Punchbowl (Penn Cage #1-3) (2015) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Greg Iles Penn Cage Series Collection (Books 1-3, Abridged): The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, The Devil's Punchbowl (2014) 1 eksemplar
24 Hours / Dead Sleep 1 eksemplar
Greg Iles - 3 Books 1 eksemplar
Blood Memory / Sleep No More — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Cemetery RoadFull Wolf Moon 1 eksemplar
Greg Iles - Penn Cage Series: Books 2 & 3: Turning Angel, The Devil's Punchbowl (Penn Cage Novels) (2016) 1 eksemplar
In The Dark 1 eksemplar
Deep Sleep / Sleep No More / The Quiet Game / Trapped (24 Hours) / The Footprints Of God — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
All 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Decisive Measures • In a Dry Season • 24 Hours • Nora, Nora (2001) 4 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Watchman • An Irish Country Doctor • True Evil • One Night at the Call… (2007) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Broker / Sam's Letters to Jennifer / Blood Memory / Mosaic (2007) 3 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: 24 horas | À primeira vista | Cidade em chamas | O observatório (2003) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: Antes da Despedida | Acção Decisiva | A Enseada dos Segredos | 24 Horas (2002) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: Traição na Casa Branca | O Jogo do Silêncio | Os Inocentes de Espírito | O Vento Sobre a Água (2000) 2 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Quiet Game / Angel Falls / Void Moon / The Innocents Within (2000) 1 eksemplar
Det Bästas Bokval (2002) vol 220: 24 timmar; Livets goda; Mörkläggning; Eldfågel — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Livros Condensados: O jogo do silêncio | A pousada do fim do rio | Estilhaçado | A cor da esperança (2002) 1 eksemplar
De Cock en de dwaze maagden; Windkracht 12; Het hart op de tong; 24 uur — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
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- 1960
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- Fødested
- Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Bopæl
- Natchez, Mississippi, VS
- Uddannelse
- University of Mississippi (1983)
- Erhverv
- musician
novelist - Organisationer
- Rock Bottom Remainders (band)
- Kort biografi
- Greg Iles and his wife live with their two children in Natchez, Mississippi.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS:
Print: COPYRIGHT: (1991) 8/4/2016; PUBLISHER: Turtleback Books (library binding); ISBN 978-0606369459; PAGES 816; Unabridged
Digital: Yes
*Audio: COPYRIGHT: 4/29/2014; ISBN: 9780062331854; PUBLISHER: Harper Audio; DURATION: 35:51:44; PARTS: 35; File Size: 1033120 KB; Unabridged
Feature Film or tv: No
SERIES: Penn Cage Series, Book 4
SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
How I picked it: I saw the hardbound version of this in a book sale and the description reminded me of a Grisham book I’d recently listened to, so I thought I’d try it.
What’s it about? The violence of race relations in the South.
What did I think? Clearly the author wanted to stay authentic to his subject, but it has way too much violence and because of that, it feels like it’s too long.
But it made the New York Times Best Seller list, so who am I to criticize?
AUTHOR: Greg Iles
From Wikipedia
“Greg Iles (born 1960) is a novelist who lives in Mississippi. He has published seventeen novels and one novella, spanning a variety of genres.”
NARRATOR: David Ledoux
From David’s website:
“David is a director, actor, and educator in New England. Currently he is the Director of the Theatre Program at Bristol Community College. He has worked at such theatres as The McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, George Street Playhouse, Crossroads Theatre, Vital Theatre, Pulse Theatre, The Jean Cocteau Repertory and Goodspeed Opera House.
He has narrated numerous audio books including Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, and 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (Audie Award Winner). As a teaching artist David has worked with students of all ages, in a variety of settings. He has taught at the college level, at theaters, and for in-school residencies using theatre as a tool to supplement a wide array of curriculum.
He is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity.
David has a BFA in acting from the Purchase College Conservatory of Theatre Arts,
and an MFA in directing from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.”
I couldn’t get comfortable with David’s narration—too often it seemed like words were getting emphasis for no good reason…kind of like a children’s book might be.
GENRE:
Fiction; Suspense; Thriller
LOCATIONS:
Mississippi; Louisiana
TIME FRAME:
1960’s
SUBJECTS:
murder; civil rights; Mississippi; race relations; KKK; former military; politics; torture
DEDICATION:
“"To Stanley Nelson, of the Concordia Sentinel. A humble hero.
And
all the victims of the civil rights movement
Mississippi and Louisiana
1960-1969."”
EXERPT:
“He wondered how Pooky was doing. The fool of a boy had been hiding in the Hammond when his girlfriend’s father and a Klansman named Frank Knox had burst into the store, cursing Albert for “fomenting miscegenation” and threatening to kill him if he didn’t produce Pooky Wilson. Albert had summoned all his courage and lied with the sincerity of Lucifer himself; if he hadn’t, both he and Pooky would already be dead.
As the bedsprings sang in the back of the store, Albert prayed as he never had before. He prayed that the Klan hadn’t stationed anybody outside to watch his store. He prayed that Willie and the schoolteacher would finish soon, would get away clean, and that darkness would fall. Anything less meant the end for all of them, except maybe the white woman.
The sofa springs groaned at about E above middle C, so Albert tuned his voice to their accompaniment. “There was two hundred folks a-dancin’,” he belted as he negotiated his way through the pianos in the display room, “laughin’, singin’ to beat the band.” He’d already run out of verses, so he’d taken to making up his own, describing the tragic fire that would likely have killed him, had he not been away in the navy. “Yeah, there was two hundred souls a-dancin’, lawd—laughin’, singin’ to beat the band.” Entering his workshop, he sat beside the Hammond organ, picked up a tonewheel, and pretended to work on it. “Two hundred souls on fire, locked indoors by the devil’s hand.”
After a quick look back at the display window, he tapped on the Hammond and said, “How you doin’ in there, Pook?”
“Not good. I’m ’bout to pee in my pants, Mr. Albert.”
“You got to hold it, boy. And don’t even think about lifting that trapdoor. Somebody outside might see your water hit the ground.”
“I can’t breathe, neither. I don’t like small spaces. Can’t you let me out for a minute? It feels like a coffin in here.” “There’s plenty of air in there. That small space is the only thing that’s gonna keep you out of a coffin tonight.”
Albert heard a ripping sound. Then part of the grille cover beneath the organ’s keyboard was pulled back, and an eye appeared in the hole. It looked like the eye of a catfish gasping in the bottom of a boat. “Quit tearing that cloth!” Albert snapped.
The eye vanished, and two dark fingers took its place. “Hold my hand, Mr. Albert. Just for a minute.”
With a lump in his throat, Albert reached out and hooked his forefinger in Pooky’s. The boy hung on like Albert was the only thing still tying him to the earth.
“Is there somebody else in the store?” Pooky asked.
“Willie Hooks. He’ll be gone soon. Listen, now. When it gets dark, I’m gonna turn on the lights in the display room and start playing piano. That’ll draw any eyes watching the place. Once I get goin’ good, open that trapdoor and drop down to the hole. If the coast looks clear, make your way two blocks over to Widow Nichols’s house. She’ll hide you in her attic till tomorrow. When I think the time is right, I’ll pick you up in my panel truck and carry you to the train station at Brookhaven. From there, it’s the Illinois Central straight up to Chicago. You got that?”
“I guess so. What I’m ’posed to use for money? Man can’t ride the train for free.”
Albert leaned over and slid five twenty-dollar bills under the bottom of the organ.
“Tuck that in your pants. That foldin’ money’s gonna get you started in Chi-town.”
Pooky whistled in amazement inside the organ box. “Can we really make it, Mr. Albert? Them fellas mean to lynch me for sure.”
“We’ll make it. But we wouldn’t even be in this mess if you’d listened to me. I told you that girl was just trying to prove something to her daddy, messing with you.””
RATING:
3 stars
STARTED READING – FINISHED READING
9-18-2022 to 10-8-2022
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