Since I have returned to the US, I have been picking up Grisham books...maybe a return to my adolescence? Or maybe just because he is a good writer. 
 In high school and college, when I read his books...more literary folk looked down on them and called them drug store mysteries...and though I do remember loving the page turning action, I also remember the comments....and assumed their comments were fueled by his bad writing. Now that I am back home and feeling nostalgic, I am also discovering that Grisham can write and that his stories are enjoyable....so, poo poo to the literary snobs in my life! 
 I grabbed this book at The Book Thing because I wasn't sure I had read it....and I hadn't. I am a bit lost when I stopped reading his books, so I am trying to find his stuff and double check....this one was definitely new. It is the story of a man who was pardoned by the president...and must leave the country and disappear to avoid an assassin. The government and men in suits are bad (as usual) and their is a lot of hiding and avoiding...the story had me dreaming of Italy and wishing I was also on the run. Marco eventually is discovered (not a spoiler!) and he must fly to escape being discovered. It is interesting to read the set up of the story and see how the main character gets through/doesn't get through the ending. 
 Read if you like page turners...Italy, or Grisham.