The Boys from Biloxi
A Legal Thriller
John Grisham
- #1
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- From
- “a
- legal
- literary
- legend”
- (USA
- Today)
- comes
- a
- gripping
- thriller
- of
- two
- childhood
- friends
- who
- find
- themselves
- on
- opposite
- sides
- of
- the
- law
- as
- adults,
- with
- all
- of
- John
- Grisham’s
- trademark
- twists
- and
- turns.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
- members
- of
- the
- Dixie
- Mafia.Keith
- Rudy
- and
- Hugh
- Malco
- grew
- up
- in
- Biloxi
- in
- the
- sixties
- and
- were
- childhood
- friends,
- as
- well
- as
- Little
- League
- all-stars.
- But
- as
- teenagers,
- their
- lives
- took
- them
- in
- different
- directions.
- Keith’s
- father
- became
- a
- legendary
- prosecutor,
- determined
- to
- “clean
- up
- the
- Coast.”
- Hugh’s
- father
- became
- the
- “Boss”
- of
- Biloxi’s
- criminal
- underground.
- Keith
- went
- to
- law
- school
- and
- followed
- in
- his
- father’s
- footsteps.
- Hugh
- preferred
- the
- nightlife
- and
- worked
- in
- his
- father’s
- clubs.
- The
- two
- families
- were
- headed
- for
- a
- showdown—one
- that
- would
- ultimately
- happen
- in
- a
- courtroom.Life
- itself
- hangs
- in
- the
- balance
- in
- The
- Boys
- from
- Biloxi,
- a
- sweeping
- saga
- rich
- with
- history
- and
- with
- a
- large
- cast
- of
- unforgettable characters.
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