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Author Topic: Calico Joe (John Grisham)  (Read 441 times)
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« on: April 27, 2012, 01:32:54 PM »
Notwithstanding that it is touted as a book about a Cubs' rookie who breaks every existing record in the book for rookies, the book is a crashing bore about a son's relationship with a ne'er do well father.  The father is a pitcher for the Mets who deliberately beans the rookie, who then loses an eye and suffers a stroke, after coming out of a coma.  The son seeks redemption, not the father.  Don't bother.
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 02:38:01 PM »

A lawyer reading John Grisham is the least something something.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 05:05:26 PM »
Quote from: Fork on April 27, 2012, 02:38:01 PM

A lawyer reading John Grisham is the least something something.

Is it better that I read Scott Turow?  I take that back.  It is better to read Turow.
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 02:04:39 PM »
There was a few page excerpt in the print edition of Sports Illustrated a couple weeks back.

That was enough for me.
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2012, 10:19:42 AM »
Quote from: Fork on April 27, 2012, 02:38:01 PM

A lawyer reading John Grisham is the least something something.

Most lawyers I know can't stand Grisham, or pretty much any courtroom dramatization on TV or movies ever.
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2012, 11:09:06 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on May 02, 2012, 10:19:42 AM
Quote from: Fork on April 27, 2012, 02:38:01 PM

A lawyer reading John Grisham is the least something something.

Most lawyers I know can't stand Grisham, or pretty much any courtroom dramatization on TV or movies ever.

Gil loves him some Law and Order and A Few Good Men. And he's totally a—

Wait... never mind.
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