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''No one does it better than Grisham'' - Telegraph

A father''s guilt. A son''s redemption.

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs'' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged.

Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it''s time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.


What readers are saying about CALICO JOE

''Hooked from start to finish'' - 5 STARS

''Riveting'' - 5 STARS

''A delicious meal of a book!'' - 5 STARS


350+ million copies, 45

Trade Review
The best thriller writer alive -- Ken Follett
No one does it better than Grisham * Daily Telegraph *
A superbly written book which . . . deserves a place on any family bookshelf' * Sunday Express *
An enjoyable, heartwarming read * USA Today *

Calico Joe

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      Book details

      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 3 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9781444744668
      978-1444744668
      ISBN-10 1444744666
      Also in:
      Contemporary Fiction Crime & Thrillers Sport Baseball Books by John Grisham

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''No one does it better than Grisham'' - Telegraph

      A father''s guilt. A son''s redemption.

      Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs'' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged.

      Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it''s time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.


      What readers are saying about CALICO JOE

      ''Hooked from start to finish'' - 5 STARS

      ''Riveting'' - 5 STARS

      ''A delicious meal of a book!'' - 5 STARS


      350+ million copies, 45

      Trade Review
      The best thriller writer alive -- Ken Follett
      No one does it better than Grisham * Daily Telegraph *
      A superbly written book which . . . deserves a place on any family bookshelf' * Sunday Express *
      An enjoyable, heartwarming read * USA Today *

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