Title: The plot is fatally flawed, and the hero is insufferable.
Product review: This book, like most of Grisham's books, is based on an utterly asinine premise. A little kid learns a secret and the mob doesn't want him to tell. The protagonist -- an insufferably precocious and sensitive 11 year old -- believes that if he does't tell, the mob won't kill him. Its absurd. So long as he keeps the secret, the mob has a good reason to kill him. This book was no surprise -- Grisham's other books, most notably The Brief, are similarly flawed. The story is contrived, the prose is mundane, and the ending is predictable.
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