Spandau Phoenix by Greg Iles. Dutton: New York, 1993.
With Mississippi’s literary tradition long established with William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and Richard Wright, John Grisham was Mississippi’s first commercially successful writer. Following on the heels of Grisham’s The Firm in 1991, Greg Iles made his debut with Spandau Phoenix. The first of two novels set in Nazi Germany, Spandau Phoenix quickly landed on the best seller list. Black Cross was released in 1995 and is so far the last of his WWII novels. Iles moved on to other themes in subsequent novels, broadening his skill as a thriller writer. As Iles’ fan base grew, Spandau Phoenix and Black Cross became more collectible and distinguished from his other work.
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