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| Title | : | The Great Santini |
| Author | : | Pat Conroy |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1987 by Bantam (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. American. Southern |
Pat Conroy
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 440 pages Rating: 4.14 | 29092 Users | 1225 Reviews
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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.Present Books During The Great Santini
| Original Title: | The Great Santini |
| ISBN: | 0553268929 (ISBN13: 9780553268928) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Atlanta, Georgia(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 29092 Users | 1225 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books The Great Santini
THE GREAT SANTINI was my first Conroy book, and I enjoyed it immensely. He was a fine writer.Id never paid any attention to Pat Conroy until a few years ago when I read one of my favorite books of all time Gone with the Wind. Conroy wrote the beautiful introduction to that book. My rule with classics, not that I read them as often as I probably should, is to read the introduction after completing the book. Once I finished Gone with the Wind and then read Conroys introduction, I knew that this would be an author that I would like. In that introduction, he describes his mother reading him
This is the only Conroy book that I've ever read.It's been 25 years ago. I've not read it since. This thing broke my heart. It really did. It took me years to dispel the pain of these people. All these years later, I can't remember their names, but I still recall the pain. I've never read Pat Conroy since then. I'm probably doing myself a disservice, but I don't like being heartbroke. Once bitten, twice shy.
Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroys most explosive charactera man you should hate, but a man you will love. -cover summaryI did not love him, there was only hate in my heart.
Of all the Conroys I've read so far, this is my least favorite. The book jacket describes Bull Meacham as someone you should hate but will wind up loving, anyway - but that was not my experience. I found very little loveable about"The Great Santini". The thing that amazed me was how brave his family was on those occasions when they stood up to him. While I don't doubt he loved his family, and maybe was even proud of them in a way, he was domineering and controlling and sometimes downright cruel
Couldn't read it again. First time, it hit close to home, so to speak. Oldest uncle was a career marine, stationed in North Carolina (and WWII Island Fighting and Korea) ... Never really became a Conroy fan, but identified with his teaching experience ... Water is Wide, and "Don't Push the River"
Lt Col Bull Meecham is a Marine fighter pilot No he is the GREATEST Marine Fighter Pilot. Just ask his family or any of the men serving under him. This novel gives us a glimpse of one Marines family. Lillian is the gentle, Southern-born wife who tempers her husbands erratic drive with a cool, steady demeanor. She is the buffer between Bull and their children. But as their first-born, Ben, moves toward high school graduation, he is increasingly at odds with his father. No matter how he excels
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