About this title: The one and only Pat Conroy returns with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to Charleston, South Carolina, and to lifelong friendship--a long-awaited work from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781615233465ISBN:1615233466
Description: Like New. Book Club edition. Excellent clean UNREAD condition! Cover may have some minor shelf wear. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
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Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780739328446ISBN:0739328441
Description: New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 768 p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780739328446ISBN:0739328441
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780739382936ISBN:0739382934
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Edition: First edition, first printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday/Talese, New York
Date Published: 2009
Description: Octavo. 608 pages. As new in pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Conroy on the title page. With special South of Broad book mark and promo card laid in. read more
Edition: 1st edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Random, NY
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. The book condition is Fine. The dust jacket is Fine. Cousin Joe says you HAVE to read it! Signed on a tipped in sheet. read more
Edition: First edition. First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by Pat Conroy directly on the title page (not a "tipped in" page bound in by the publisher), NOT signed to anyone. This book was signed by Pat Conroy on August 27, 2009 in Mt. Pleasant, SC, First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Book is brand new and unread. No marks or inscriptions. Not a Book Club Ediiton, Not an Ex-Library. Dust jacket is new, not price clipped, and in a protective mylar cover. This is a beautiful autographed first ... read more
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First Edition (first printing). The most recent novel by the author of THE PRINCE OF TIDES, a story which brings together a unique cast of sinners and saints, set against the backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina. Fine/Fine. Signed by Conroy on the title page. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
Description: Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 8vo. 9780385413053. A stunning First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket; Conroy's first novel after 14 years continues the tradition in a 1960s Charleston, South Carolina with the story of Leopold Bloom King, son of two teachers, growing up with his brother's suicide, tightly knit into a group of high school seniors, finding success in journalism, the bar, law enforcement, music, and Hollywood; 528 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
Description: New in New jacket. SIGNED. Signed by Author AN OUTSTANDING COPY-SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Author's Signature only. A First edition, First printing, with the corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A Talese, Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385413053ISBN:038541305X
Description: As New in As New jacket. Signed by Author Signed by author on title page-Signature only-First edition, First printing. With corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. read more
"When Pat Conroy writes about his home town of Charleston, South Carolina, he describes it so masterfully and with such deep and abiding love that you can almost smell it and taste it! His true genius is always evident in his strong narrative and his involved devotion to his characters. His ability to present mankind as naked and vulnerable while extolling its virtues, needs, and weaknesses goes far beyond magnificent.
In Mr. Conroy's latest book, South of Broad, young Leopold Bloom King is the protagonist and the narrator. He is the son of a gentle, loving father who teaches science and a mother who is an ex-nun and principal of the high school. Leo's older brother commits suicide at thirteen, and the family must bear the devastating effects of the tragedy. As a senior in high school, Leo becomes part of a tight knit group of friends who support and depend on each other with real love and caring. His friends include a set of glamorous twins whose parents are greatly flawed, a brother and sister who are orphaned runaways, and a beautiful socialite and her rich boyfriend. The relationships and lives of this group flourish during the 60's counterculture decade and into the 80s and the AIDS crisis of the time. This is a larger than life look at a group of friends who weather and find strength in each other through every crisis or tragedy with unconditional love.
As might be evident, I am a huge fan and devotee of Pat Conroy's writing. His deeply emotional works consistently present the joy and agony of his characters through phenomenally beautiful literature. More kudos to this brilliant author for his latest creation!"
"..something was missing for me with South Of Broad. I think that Pat Conroy fans will mostly be pleased as I was...but I did have a few problems: The teenage kids in the book don't talk the way teens do (or did in 1969). So some of the dialogue had problems. The overall structure of the book is fine and even though it is over 500 pages, I read it in 3 days. It's very simple and straightforward. The reader doesn't have to think too much and just gets to go along for the ride. If you are new to Conroy, you should start with Prince of Tides or Lords of Discipline. If you love Pat Conroy, you will want to read this novel that we waited patiently for 14 years for. No need for me to outline the plot here...other's do that well. I think if you are a high school football fan, are interested in what it might have been like to go to a de-segregated high school and play on a team with blacks and whites...then it's a great book. The book takes place in two time periods 20 years apart, and I enjoyed it more when they were young. My favorite kinds of boys in high school would have been Leo The Toad King, so I was happy to go on his journey.
I did happen to score a nice signed copy of this book, so I'll keep it as an investment."
"Greatly anticipated and greatly loathed. I love the other Conroy novels. The Great Santini and the Prince of Tides are modern classics. But now Conroy has taken the "dysfunctional South Carolina family" formula and beaten it into the ground.
Where to start? Implausible plot elements. I mean PUH-leeze. I can't even cover all the gimmicks Conroy throws into this plot where one or two of them (at the most!) would do the trick. Give your readers some credit, you don't have to hit them over the head with every imaginable twist on family dysfunction all in one book.
Embarrassingly unbelievable dialogue. Conroy is obviously trying to reproduce the kind of witty repartee you see on Friends but it just doesn't work here. These are teenagers speaking the words of sophisticated script writers. It not only doesn't ring true, but totally detracts from the story.
Worst of all is the preachy tone of the whole novel. Okay, we get it, this is about Racial Harmony and Gay Tolerance and Survivors of Childhood Trauma. The main character is so smugly "enlightened", even as a teenager, that you want nothing more than to smack him upside his self righteous head. Leo boldly leads his group of friends into Racial Harmony and Gay Tolerance while healing the wounds of Childhood Trauma and at same time showing remarkable and totally unbelievable attachment to a cantankerous, elderly character (what he does for this character, at one point, is simply not to be believed of any teenager.) He describes himself as a dork who bakes and sews prom gowns, but at the same time manages to make time with the female characters in a way that - again - defies belief.
All this is to say that I have yet to conclude this novel. With a few remaining chapters I intend to see it through to the bitter end. I have a feeling that it won't end the way I'd like which would be to see the entire cast of characters sail away on a Slow Boat to China, never to be heard from again!"
"A pretty good read, but not the best novel or even best Conroy novel I've ever read. It was full of interesting characters with very disparate personalities and unlikely friendships, who show that we are determined by our pedigree and environment only as much as we--blindly or deliberately--allow ourselves to be. Maybe the old argument about nature vs. nurture is a trick question; maybe the answer is neither--the actual answer is "choice." It could be said that only a Charlestonian will truly "get" somethings in this book, however, as someone who is near Charleston and knows it well by looking from the outside in, I can say there are other things in this book a Charlestonian truly will never get, the falsehood and blindness of Old Charleston's arrogantly misplaced pride, which makes Charleston's "culture" a most deceitful and toxic stew. Those North of Broad or outside the city limits do not sing Charleston any love songs--just parodies that a true Charlestonian is too blinded by arrogance to get. Although I liked some of the witty dialogue--it was, after all, poor Toad's most effective coping mechanism in his horrible childhood, that enabled him to deal with literature's most idiotic fool of a mother--some parts of the book come off as forced, unnatural, and untrue. Since it was such a long book, cutting out the dialogues that just didn't flow or ring true to the characters would have made both a shorter and a better book. I can pay this book a really huge compliment--whenever I converse with anyone who's read it, our discussions can go on forever. There must be something very special about a book that can stimulate that much thought. Gee, I wonder if Conroy himself agrees about how much the thread of "arrogant blindness" weaves through this tale."
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