Article: Grisham continues to strike out at his goal _ a baseball novel.(The Orlando Sentinel)

Byline: Jay Boyar

You could call John Grisham a frustrated writer.

True, he has enjoyed phenomenal success with a golden shelf of best-selling legal thrillers, including "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief," "The Rainmaker," "The Runaway Jury" and "The Last Juror."

What frustrates him is that he hasn't been able to figure out how to write a novel about his lifelong passion for the great American pastime.

"I would love to write a really great baseball novel, something like `The Natural,'" says Grisham, referring to the Bernard Malamud classic. "I'm still waiting on the inspiration."

Until it strikes, there is "Mickey," Grisham's ...

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