Calico Joe

By John Grisham

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Calico Joe is a 2012 baseball novel by John Grisham. In 1973, rookie Joe Castle, nicknamed Calico Joe, takes the major leagues by storm with the Chicago Cubs, until he faces New York Mets pitcher Warren Tracey, a bitter veteran. Tracey's beanball ends Joe's career, and decades later Tracey's estranged son Paul, who idolized Joe as a boy, tries to bring the two men together. The short novel is a story about fathers and sons, forgiveness and the game of baseball.

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• Larry King: “I just started reading Joe Calico by John Grisham. Cannot put it down, which makes it hard to drive.”