Calico Joe

An extraordinary and deeply moving work of shorter fiction from international bestseller John Grisham. The baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes Calico Joe a classic.

Calico Joe tells the story of Paul Tracey, a 13-year-old boy from a dysfunctional family, caught in a conflict of loyalties when his troubled baseball-playing father comes face to face with the greatest young player of his age, Joe Castle, and the terrible consequences that follow.

Decades later, with his father dying, Paul decides that the tragedy of his youth must be reconciled and attempts to bring the two men together for a final meeting.

John Grisham is the author of twenty-five novels, one work of non-fiction, one collection of short stories, and three novels for young readers. His works are translated into thirty-eight languages. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.