The Racketeer

Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. Job status? Former attorney. And the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday .Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. But everything has a price—especially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to J

Big disappointment Charles Platt There are major plausibility issues with this book. Some examples:A man has such effective cosmetic surgery, and is so adept at modifying his way of speaking, that someone who knows him well doesn't recognize him when sitting and talking to him for many hours face-to-face. But a woman who developed a basically physical interest in him (without ever getting very close) still has exactly the same interest after his face is modified--and she quickly becomes a partner in an insanely complex, outrageous crime. And a drug runner who is described as being very smart allows. Pipkim said I liked this book even less than Gray Mountain and that. Mr. Grisham, where have you gone? I liked this book even less than Gray Mountain and that is saying something. At least Gray Mountain contained a plot of substance. It was going somewhere. It was building up. It had a climax. And then itended. Unresolved. With absolutely no indication that the protagonist was going to follow through with anything that the plot had been building up to. But I digress.The Racketeer gives us Malcolm Bannister, who cons the Feds into letting him go based on knowing who killed a Federal judge, and then while evading the relatives of the m. a bit of a dissapointment My fist Grisham and a bit of a disappointment.It started out great. I really enjoyed the book till about half way through and then it fell flat.I did not like any character and for me to like a book there has to be someone, any one, with some redeeming qualities. There has to be a hero. There has to be someone I can root for. I didn't find a single person, or in-fact institution, that I can support. That was my biggest problem with it.I was hoping the protagonist Mal/Max can be that be it really took a turn for the worst.The way that the actual killer was set up and

It also inspired me to try and write something great.Memorable author moment?I received a note from Harper Lee, along with an autographed first edition of To Kill A Mockingbird.What's your most prized/treasured possession?A first edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, signed by the author.Pen envy - book you wish you'd written?Harry Potter – he’s the only dude I can’t outsell. Author crush - who's your current author crush?I’m 57 years old.  Crushes are for sophomores.What's favorite method of procrastination? Temptation? Vice?Don’t get me started. Currently, I’m doing so on the golf course, playing a game that I took up only four years ago and is driving me nuts.What do you collect?First editions, primarily Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.Best piece of fan mail you ever got?The letter began: “As the newly elected President of the Ark