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Calico Joe

John Grisham

From Shelf: Mystery and Thriller Books

An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and how a lifetime of tragedy might finally be forgiven, from worldwide bestseller John Grisham.

'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

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN:
9781444744668
Published Date:
3/1/2013
Dimensions:
197mm x 132mm x 19mm
Weight:
206g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781444744668


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