The Great Santini - Hardcover

Conroy, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0937036005 ISBN 13: 9780937036006

Publisher: Old New York Book Shop Press, 1989

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Ben's attempts to stand up for himself, his mother, and his sister are resisted by his intolerant father, a fighter pilot and inflexible disciplinarian

About this title

From the Publisher:

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

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

"A tender, raucous and often hilarious book." -- Booklist

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

From the Inside Flap:

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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Old New York Book Shop Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0937036005
• ISBN 13: 9780937036006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536