{"product_id":"southern-man","title":"Southern Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A first-rate political thriller.... an unflinching look at the frightening rise of fascism and Trumpism.' John Grisham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA senseless tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen a brawl at a rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting in Mississippi, Penn Cage finds himself in a country on the brink of eruption. As the stunned cities of Natchez and Bienville reel, antebellum plantation homes are being torched and the deadly attacks are claimed by a Black radical group as historic acts of justice. Panic quickly sweeps through the communities, driving the prosperous Southern towns inexorably toward a race war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA rising star\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 on social media, a Southern war hero funded by an eccentric Mississippi billionaire, who seizes the public imagination as a third-party candidate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA country ready to implode\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs his hometown devolves into chaos, Penn Cage 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48362779410615,"sku":"9780008270216","price":299.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/25622063482190_12dc6d71-211e-4eb9-b06d-e852faf688bb.jpg?v=1777536120","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/southern-man","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}