THE QUIET GAME by Greg Iles
To
be perfectly honest, I've never written a book review. For me books
have always been a personal journey, something I've kept to myself, so I
hope you'll bear with me as I tell you a little about the book I chose.
The
book is "The Quiet Game" by Greg Iles. I'd been dipping into the work
of several Southern writers when I stumbled across The Quiet Game.
Published in 1999, the book centers around a thirty year old mystery.
Penn Cage is a lawyer who, with his daughter, returns to his parent's home in Natchez, Mississippi
so the two of them can heal after the death of his wife. He gets
prodded into investigating the unsolved murder of a black man in 1968. A
murder that neither the black nor white community wants re-opened.
Everyone is guarding their secrets, playing the quiet game.
Iles
lays bare the undercurrents of a small southern town from the racial to
the political. His wonderful writing weaves the secrets of the past
into the secret lives of the present, exploring the effects of choices
on people, their families and the community.
My
poor summary doesn't do justice to the many layers that Mr. Iles has
written into this book. His words make you sit up and think, chew your
fingernails when things go terribly wrong, and smile when you realize
that under all the conspiracy and mayhem the story is about justice in
its truest sense.
3 comments:
I haven't read Iles in a very long time, Patti - thanks for the reminder.
Marvelous review! I have several Greg Iles books waiting to be read. But they's all Big Fat Books (500+ pages) so I've been passing them up for shorter books.
I agree with George. I've always meant to read Iles, but I have been put off by the length of his books. Sounds good.
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