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The Great Santini
by Conroy, Pat
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0395242975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395242971
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First edition of The Great Santini by Pat Conroy.. Octavo, 536pp. Orange cloth, title stamped in black on spine. Top edge stained gray. Black endpapers. First edition with full number line on copyright page. Title rubbed on spine, only affecting first letter. Light shelf wear along bottom edge of boards, spotting along bottom edge of text block. Light toning to spine ends, faint dampstain along lower corner of back cover. Slight lean to text block. Solid binding, clean text throughout. In publisher's original illustrated dust jacket, retail price $10.00 on front flap, foxing along spine and verso, chipping to top edge of spine, few closed tears along edges of front panel, light shelf wear to back panel. A nice copy of the author's third novel. This semi-autobiographical novel was made into a 1979 movie of the same name, starring Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner and Michael O'Keefe.
Synopsis
The Great Santini is a novel written by Pat Conroy and published in 1976. Marine Col. Bull Meecham commands his home like a soldiers’ barracks. Cold and controlling, but also loving, Bull has complicated relationships with each member of his family—in particular, his eldest son, Ben. A born athlete who desperately seeks his father’s approval, Ben is determined to break out from the colonel’s shadow. With guidance from teachers at his new school, he strives to find the courage to stand up to his father once and for all. Inspired by Pat Conroy’s own difficult relationship with his father, The Great Santini is a captivating and unflinching portrayal of modern family, and a moving novel of a son determined to become his own man. The novel was made into a film of the same name in 1979, starring Robert Duvall in the title role.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11937
- Title
- The Great Santini
- Author
- Conroy, Pat
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Great Santini by Pat Conroy.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395242975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395242971
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- first edition Pat Conroy, Great Santini Pat Conroy, Water is Wide Pat Conroy, Lords of Discipline Pat Conroy, Beach Music Pat Conroy, My Losing Season Pat Conroy, South of Broad Pat Conroy, Death of Santini Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides Pat Conroy
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