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Calico Joe
- Author
- John Grisham
- Narrator
- Erik Singer
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 10 April 2012
- Run Time
- 4 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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.
(P)2012 Random House Audio
Critics Review
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Grisham knocks it out of the park
Washington Post
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A superbly written book
Sunday Express
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No one does it better than Grisham
Daily Telegraph
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An enjoyable, heartwarming read
USA Today
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Details
- Author
- John Grisham
- Narrator
- Erik Singer
- Duration
- 4 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 April 2012
- ISBN
- 9781444744699
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Political / legal thriller, Baseball, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt from America's greatest storyteller John Grisham.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.(P)2012 Random House Audio
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