![]() ![]() ![]() “A painful, lyrical, addictive read that fans won’t want to miss.” - People The Death of Santini is a heart-wrenching act of reckoning whose ultimate conclusion is that love can soften even the meanest of men, lending significance to the oft-quoted line from Pat’s novel The Prince of Tides: “In families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.” In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son’s honor. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. ![]() While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. Pat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. “A brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition.” - The Boston Globe. ![]()
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