Discover the Haunting Tale in Calico Joe: A Captivating Novel Review

John Grisham is best known for his usually legal thrillers, but he has also authored many books outside of that perimeter, including The Painted House and a very strong non-fiction book titled "An Innocent Man" which explores the injustice of the death penalty and the corrupting world around it. He's reviving the old days of professional baseball with "Calico Joe," which gets more interesting since his timeframe in 1973 coincides with my childhood interest in a once-cool game before massive…

I loved this novel as much as all of John Grisham's stories because his characters have such heart. I feel like now that I know Paul Tracy, I know what it's like to love baseball and want your parents to be your hero and your admiration to be always turned off. Thanks to Grisham's story, I feel like I can now watch baseball and know enough to enjoy it, so I read. Plunge so deeply into another world that it seems to me that I have actually visited this world. Calico Joe is the story of little…

Calico Joe, written by John Grisham, is a novel about two major league baseball players, their families and fans. Much of this is told by Paul Tracy, the son of Warren Tracy, a journeyman pitcher who retired from the New York Mets in 1973 when Paul was eleven. The book jumps back and forth between 1973 and thirty years in the future. This is a wonderful story that immerses the reader in a professional baseball environment. Paul, like many boys, loved baseball and played in the minor leagues…