The Boo

Conroy, Pat

ISBN 10: 0937036021 / ISBN 13: 9780937036020

Published by Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., 1983, Fourth Printing, Old New York Book Shop Press, 1983

About this Item

Very Good+ Hardcover; in still attractive dust jacket with price of $13.95; blue cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine; 8vo; 9 1/4" tall; very small bit of wear at one board corner; very, very small, attractive book store sticker on lower left corner of blank front free end page; 174 pages, includes photos and humorous cartoons; tight copy.

Seller Inventory # 21242

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boo
• Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., 1983, Fourth Printing, Old New York Book Shop Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937036021
• ISBN 13: 9780937036020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Bestselling author Pat Conroy’s debut novel?now available as an ebook

A powerful story of a man’s undoing at the hands of his greatest admirer

At the South Carolina military academy the Citadel, amid the tumult of the 1960s, Cadet Peter Cates is an anomaly. He is a gifted writer, a talented basketball player, and a good student, but his outward successes do little to impress his abusive father. Instead, Cates is mentored by Lt. Colonel Courvoisie, an imposing and inspiring man whom the cadets have nicknamed “the Boo.” But when Cates writes a searing letter condemning the school’s meek response to a stabbing on campus, his bond with the Boo will be threatened as both are forced to confront what it means to be a man of honor.

Set against the richly drawn military school backdrop that Conroy would return to in his bestseller The Lords of Discipline, The Boo is an unforgettable story of duty, loyalty, and standing up for what is right in the face of overwhelming circumstances.