The Great Santini

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Pat Conroy's classic semi-autographical novel of a harsh Marine father and his son's struggle to come into his own.

"Robust and vivid...full of feeling." --Newsday

This is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult man to please, and even harder to love.

This is also the story of Ben Meecham, Bull's oldest son. A gifted athlete whose best never satisfies his father, Ben must balance his own ambition with his father's expectations--and decide what course he will chart for himself and what kind of man he will become.

Piercing, bittersweet, and unforgettable, The Great Santini is Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical lens into fathers and sons, and the powerful legacy one man can leave behind.

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"Stinging authenticity . . . a book that won't quit." -- Atlanta Journal

"Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly and hits a bull's-eye almost every time." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"A fine, funny, brawling book." -- National Observer

"Conroy has captured a different slice of America in this funny, dramatic novel." -- Richmond News-Leader

"Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully." -- Lexington Herald Leader

Author Bio

Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.