Sutton

Sutton (2012) by J. R. Moehringer. Willie Sutton, famous Depression-era bank robber, is the subject of this book. It's not really non-fiction, though, because remarkably little is known about Sutton's real life and times. He granted only one interview, after being released from prison in 1969, and that interview is cursory, with several errors (or lies). Moehringer in this book makes his best guess as to what Sutton's life was really like, and what Sutton was really like. It may not be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but it is an immensely entertaining novel. Sutton's career as a criminal is the stuff of legends, and in this book Moehringer brings one possible version of the legend to vivid life. Grade: A-