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The Great Santini

By: Pat Conroy
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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“Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly and hits a bull’s-eye almost every time.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

This is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult man to please, and even harder to love. This is also the story of Ben Meecham, Bull’s oldest son. A gifted athlete whose best never satisfies his father, Ben must balance his own ambition with his father’s expectations – and decide what course he will chart for himself and what kind of man he will become. Piercing, bittersweet, and unforgettable, The Great Santini is Pat Conroy’s semi-autobiographical lens into fathers and sons, and the powerful legacy one man can leave behind.

“Robust and vivid…full of feeling.” – Newsday

“Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.” – Lexington Herald Leader

©1976 Pat Conroy (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Sagas Southern United States World Literature Heartfelt
Elegant Prose • Vivid Descriptions • Excellent Narration • Emotional Storytelling • Beautiful Writing
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The late Pat Conroy was a marvelous writer and this was one of his best, along with Prince of Tides and The Lords of Discipline. The book tells the story of Marine Colonel Bull Meachem and his family, with emphasis on his son Ben, who's in his senior year of high school. Bull is quite a character - a strong man but a bully. Ben, his mother and siblings know Bull's faults and deal with them as best they can. You won't like Bull much but you'll be engrossed in the story.

A Great Read

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I love to read and listen to Pat Conroy. I can't say this is an all time favorite but I certainly wasn't expecting the ending.

Didn't expect that!

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Sad fun dark chilling aware unaware beware, good really good. Truth real fun, sad but god but life

Really good

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it's better than the movie and that's saying alot. Great narration. Actually ads a spark of humor. Highly recommended

Better than the movie

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Great character development and interplay. A book written from the heart to all types of families.

Incredible

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A wonderful deliberation on how we still love those who are cruel to us. Conroy's elegant prose is vividly descriptive and paints an amazing picture of the Lowcountry. He quickly invests the reader emotionally into his characters. My only dislike was that at times the characters spoke so much I became disinterested and skipped ahead. But overall the book is great. That you can hate, and like, a character as much as Bull Meechum is a testament to Conroy's skill as a writer

A Heartbreaking, Yet Beautiful Story

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It was such a joy to see Audible adding this to the Library.
Pat Conroy is my favorite writer, and his words evoke all emotions, and actually enable me to see, hear, and smell the scenes as written. You feel like you are in the story.

Still Santini, Still Great

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This was my first time listening on audio. I adore all of Pat Conroy’s works and I think I’ll choose audio for all of my rereads in the future. The narrator did a fantastic job.

Excellent!

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Another fantastic book by Pat Conroy.
I've already read all of his books but enjoyed the audio books.

Another fantastic book by Pat Conroy.

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Excellent story as is always the case with Pat Conroy’s works. I would highly recommend reading this book.

Great narration

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