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‘Calico Joe’ by John Grisham

By Bill Littlefield

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 10, 2012

Imagine a rookie who in 1973 is setting records faster than the scribes can count them. John Grisham imagines that rookie in Joe Castle, inevitably “Calico Joe.” Grisham’s narrator is Paul Tracey, the grown son of Warren Tracey, once a New York Mets pitcher. Paul unfolds much of the tale in flashbacks. Warren, a terrible father and despicable man, beans Castle and ends his career. Years later Warren develops cancer and Paul seeks reconciliation involving father, son, and cursed ballplayer. ­

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