Un gioco quieto

by Greg Iles

Overview

Per Penn Cage, ex procuratore distrettuale diventato un famoso romanziere, il ritorno a casa, a Natchez in Mississippi, è qualcosa di sacro. Il punto di partenza per ricostruirsi una vita dopo la morte straziante della moglie e diciotto anni d¿assenza. Ma la placida cittadina in cui Penn è cresciuto non è più quella che ricordava. Tra i campi di cotone e dietro le eleganti facciate delle ville del Sud si annidano lotte intestine, segreti e passioni mai sopite. Così, quando la madre confida a Penn di temere che il padre sia vittima di un vile ricatto, il velo di omertà che avvolge la comunità si squarcia e dalle ombre del passato riemerge un delitto sepolto da trent¿anni. Quando Penn riapre il caso, comprende che saranno in molti a ostacolarlo nella sua battaglia per dare voce a decenni di silenzi e smascherare nemici invisibili disposti a tutto pur di non rinunciare all¿enorme potere che si sono costruiti.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788858503843
Publisher:	EDIZIONI PIEMME
Publication date:	05/24/2011
Sold by:	EDIZIONI PIEMME - EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	922 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Greg Iles has led a sort of double life as a novelist. His first books, based on extrapolations from real events in World War II, earned him an initial following, but his very modern crime novels are what currently hold his -- and his readers' -- focus. His tight pacing and chilling, innovative concepts have made him especially attractive to Hollywood, which has optioned and/or expressed interest in several of his books.

Iles's first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was about the secret escape of a Nazi soldier and the chilling plot related in his discovered diaries. It was a mixed success critically, earning praise for its premise but low marks on style. Since then, Iles has clearly developed as a novelist, and branched out in themes too.

With his second novel, Black Cross, Iles displayed more of a voice and more streamlined plotting in his story of a conspiracy to use the Nazi's own weapons against them. Those first two titles did become bestsellers; but by the time Iles shifted gears to write crime thrillers set in his native Mississippi, he found himself getting even more attention -- and better reviews. His next two books, Mortal Fear and The Quiet Game, remain his personal favorites. Iles was born in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father was in charge of the medical clinic at the U.S. Embassy, in 1961. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and played guitar in a rock band for several years before trying his hand at writing novels.

Moving from screenplays to thrillers to speculative historical fiction, Iles continues to stretch as a writer. He also indulges his love for music (he once played guitar in the band Frankly Scarlet) by performing with the Rock Bottom Remainders, an author side project that includes writers Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and Amy Tan

Hometown:

Natchez, Mississippi

Date of Birth:

1961

Place of Birth:

Stuttgart, Germany

Education:

B.A., University of Mississippi, 1983

Website:

http://www.gregiles.com