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Jul 23, 2012mudflapflossy rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I was both pleased and a little wary when this book came out, thinking could he pull off historical fiction? Well he absolutely nailed it. The depth of empathy he breathed into his characters was drawn from his personal experiences growing up in rural Arkansas, enabling him to write a heartbreaking story of an impoverished farming community. It’s got it all, destitute share-croppers, migrant farm workers, a sweet young boy who lives for baseball, a devastating flood and a mentally unhinged murderer thrown in for good measure. At the risk of belaboring the point I believe if Grisham had written this under a pseudonym this book would have been taken seriously & ranked as one of the great American novels. Plus it inspired me to finally getting around to giving my house a fresh coat of paint.