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The Boys from Biloxi
The Boys from Biloxi
Author: John Grisham
For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be member...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780593470916
ISBN-10: 0593470915
Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Pages: 576
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4 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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pj-s-bookcorner avatar reviewed The Boys from Biloxi on + 857 more book reviews
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Based in Biloxi, MS this book tells the story of immigrants to the area in the late 50's. Their families struggle to make a life in the new country. Specifically, this tells the story of two families and their children who grew up together, played baseball together and then their individual lives took significantly different paths. One follows his father into the family business - a member of the Dixie Mafia, and the other follows his father into the law. Faced with the vice of the area - prostitution, gambling, drugs, illegal alcohol, gangs, Jesse Rudy takes on the mob when he is elected to office.
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reviewed The Boys from Biloxi on + 346 more book reviews
A good story with interesting characters. Lots of legal interaction in the story. A story of two people, friends as kids but followed different paths.
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This isn't structured as a thriller but as a family saga, or rather as a saga of two families, and I found it so boring that at 8 chapters in I returned the book. A big disappointment since I usually like Grisham.
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Another good Grisham book. Gangsters in Biloxi and the relationship between two families.


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