Calico Joe - An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and forgiveness (Paperback)


'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 languages, 9 blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM

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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 languages, 9 blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM

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Imprint

Hodder Paperback

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

February 2013

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Expected to ship within 5 - 10 working days

First published

2013

Authors

Dimensions

198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

246

ISBN-13

978-1-4447-4466-8

Barcode

9781444744668

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LSN

1-4447-4466-6



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