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The Great Santini
by CONROY, Pat
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some foxing confined mostly to the inside of the jacket and a small, internally repaired tear on the front panel. Inscribed by Conroy to the daughter of poet James Dickey, who was one of Conroy's major early influences, and with whom he studied: "To Patsy, Thanks for the kindness, your encouragement, your enthusiasm, your letters, and your friendship. Pat Conroy. May 3, 1980." The author's splendid first novel, basis for the excellent film with Robert Duvall in the title role. Increasingly scarce first edition with a very nice South Carolina-association.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 414390
- Title
- The Great Santini
- Author
- CONROY, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- BooksIntoFilm, SouthernAuthor/Interest, AssociationCopy
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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