The Great Santini / Pat Conroy.
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TextPublication details: New York : Dial PressTrade Paperbacks, 2006.Description: 471 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0553381555 (pbk.)
- 9780553381559 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Fiction | Conroy, Pat | Available | 33111005467580 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The piercing, iconic semi-autobiographical novel of a domineering father and ambitious son, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides
Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine--fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife--beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben's got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn't give in--not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son. Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroy's most explosive character--a man you should hate, but a man you will love.
Praise for The Great Santini
"Stinging authenticity . . . a book that won't quit." -- The Atlanta Journal
"[Pat] Conroy has captured a different slice of America in this funny, dramatic novel." -- Richmond News-Leader
"Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly and hits the bull's-eye almost every time." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Robust and vivid . . . full of feeling."-- Newsday
"God preserve Pat Conroy." -- The Boston Globe
Marine pilot Bull Meecham's stern and unyielding personality challenges his southern-bred gentle wife and his top athlete son to stand up and fight back against the hard knocks of life.