South of Broad - Hardcover

Conroy, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038541305X ISBN 13: 9780385413053

Publisher: Nan a Talese, 2009

Synopsis

#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

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Review:

Praise for South of Broad

"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."--Bookpage

Praise 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

Book Description:

The international bestseller: over a million copies sold in the US alone. An irresistible family saga that will reduce readers to tears, South of Broad marks Pat Conroy's triumphant return.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nan a Talese
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 038541305X
• ISBN 13: 9780385413053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 514