I loved it! Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit that I didn't know anything about WIllie Sutton but I really didn't. He is an endearing man in this version of his life story. I liked the angle of the story - how it travelled from the past to the "present" (not really the present but present enough). I like the descriptiveness of the book. It was easy to follow and imagine. There was even a touch of suspense.
So why didn't I rate it 5 stars?,
Because the writing didn't stay with me the way other books have - Richard Yates, Michael Cunningham, etc.
It was a pretty book- but it wasn't beautiful.

A great read and a good way to while the hours. But it was no literary masterpiece - at least not to me.