from Schmerguls

5270. The Death of Santini The Story of a Father and His Son, by Pat Conroy (read 3 May 2015) So, the book is plainly labeled fiction, and has all the trappings of a biography of the author's family, including family pictures, details as to the actual happenings (including the author's three marr...

from thewanderingjew

The book would be overwhelmingly depressing were it not for the vast amount of good humor Conroy injects into this memoir. His gift of glib dialogue makes the reader smile, when often the reader would really be more inclined to gasp. Near the end of the book, Conroy writes that his parents taught...

from kraaivrouw

I've always been fond of Pat Conroy. I like the way he loves words and rolls them about the senses in the way an oenophile savors a glass of great wine. At his best he makes my heart ache for time, place, and story. I've read just about all of his books, but will also admit that Prince of Tides a...

from TimBazzett

A disappointment. That's my reaction to THE DEATH OF SANTINI. And I was looking forward to reading it because I was a great fan of Pat Conroy's fiction. In fact I very much liked THE WATER IS WIDE, THE GREAT SANTINI, LORDS OF DISCIPLINE and PRINCE OF TIDES, all books written thirty or more years ...

from bakersfieldbarbara

A typical Conroy book, the telling of his dysfunctional family, but one that is a story also of forgiveness. I don't know how he , the author Pat Conroy, could remember all that happened, but possibly for the telling of his life, he added some words. Not that this isn't true; it just amazed me of...