South of Broad
Pat Conroy
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered--and shadowed--by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina's dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for. Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds. Praise for South of Broad"Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage."--The Washington Post "Conroy remains a magician of the page."--The New York Times Book Review
"Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet."--New Orleans Times-Picayune
"A lavish, no-holds-barred performance."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A lovely, often thrilling story."--The Dallas Morning News
"A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy's fans."--Associated Press
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Dial Press
Publish Date
May 04, 2010
Pages
544
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.4 X 1.17 inches | 0.89 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780385344074
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About the Author
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.
Reviews
Praise for South of Broad
"Blockbuster writing at its best." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion." --Denver Post
"Reading Pat Conroy is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel." --Houston Chronicle
"Incandescent." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Grand." --Boston Globe "Lyrical . . . evocative . . . Beach Music is one from the heart, and it beats with a vibrancy that cannot be denied." --Hartford Courant "Breathtaking . . . perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the year . . . a knockout." --Charlotte Observer "Beach Music attains an almost ethereal beauty." --Miami Herald "Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully . . . Conroy's narrative is so fluid and poetic that it's apt to seduce you into reading just one more page, just one more chapter." --Lexington Herald-Leader "Compelling storytelling . . . a page-turner . . . Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly, and hits a bull's-eye almost every time." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Conroy is an immensely gifted stylist.... No one can describe a tide or a sunset with his lyricism and exactitude."--Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post
"Conroy writes with a momentum that's impossible to resist."--People, 3 of 4 stars.
"Beautifully written throughout.... Conroy is a natural at weaving great skeins of narrative, and this one will prove a great pleasure to his many fans."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Conroy is a master of American fiction and he has proved it once again in this magnificent love letter to his beloved Charleston, and to friendships that will stand the test of time."--BookpagePraise for Beach Music "Astonishing . . . stunning . . . the range of passions and subjects that brings life to every page is almost endless." --Washington Post Book World"Blockbuster writing at its best." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion." --Denver Post
"Reading Pat Conroy is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel." --Houston Chronicle
"Incandescent." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Grand." --Boston Globe "Lyrical . . . evocative . . . Beach Music is one from the heart, and it beats with a vibrancy that cannot be denied." --Hartford Courant "Breathtaking . . . perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the year . . . a knockout." --Charlotte Observer "Beach Music attains an almost ethereal beauty." --Miami Herald "Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully . . . Conroy's narrative is so fluid and poetic that it's apt to seduce you into reading just one more page, just one more chapter." --Lexington Herald-Leader "Compelling storytelling . . . a page-turner . . . Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly, and hits a bull's-eye almost every time." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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