THE BOYS FROM BILOXI

THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

John Grisham scores again with The Boys From Biloxi. Just a quick side note about Grisham, he currently has authored 47 consecutive #1 bestsellers. How crazy is that?

The Boys From Biloxi starts off as a small town, feel good read. Two boys named Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grow up together, play ball together, and party together. However, their worlds couldn't be farther a part from each other thanks to their fathers. Keith Rudy's father is a prosecutor, while Hugh Malco's father is the head of the Dixie Mafia known for its business dealings in drugs and prostitution. Both boys hit a point in life where they have to decide the path they will follow, and both choose to follow their fathers. Their friendship becomes more and more strained with the passing of time, until finally an event affects their friendship in such a way that there is no coming back from it. This book starts slow as it immerses the reader into that small town vibe, but be ready as with all mafia oriented books, the pace quickly shifts to an all guns blazing, loyalty to the point of death experience. Reading this book quickly reinforces the age old wisdom from 1 Corinthians about "bad company corrupting good morals."

So did I like the book? I did. Just be ready to jump over a paragraph if need be.

HEADS UP- What does medium caution mean? If you've read Grisham's books in the past you know that he throws language in. Prostitution is a subject that appears often in this book. You are not given intimate details, but you know who is jumping in and out of bed. At 1 point we know 2 guys are with 1 girl. Also, this is a Mafia book which means there is a decent amount of "hits" execution style. They are not gory in detail but present.