Автор: Grisham John Название: Calico Joe HB ISBN: 0385536070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385536073 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2088.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: At long last, America's favorite storyteller takes on America's favorite pastime. In this surprising and moving novel, the careers of a golden-boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes Calico Joe a classic.
Автор: Grisham John Название: Calico Joe ISBN: 0553841270 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553841275 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball
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It's the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records.
Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his dad. Then Warren throws a fastball that will change their lives forever.
In John Grisham's novel the baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes this storya classic. Calico Joe is surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption.
';Grisham knocks it out of the park.'The Washington Post
';An enjoyable, heartwarming read that's not just for baseball fans.'USA Today
Автор: Grisham John Название: Calico Joe HB ISBN: 144474464X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781444744644 Издательство: Hodder Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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.
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