Interesting premise. Some annoying holes in the plot. Where was George's friend for the past 20 years? Why would he now be interested in the baby rather than George? He didn't befriend George until George's father had died. The writing is kind of clunky at times. Jolted me out of the story. I plodded along for weeks reading a couple of pages at a time but I read the last 1/4 of the book in an evening. Not sorry I read it. Not the best I've read.