South of Broad
A Novel
Published on 11. August 2009
544 pages
978-0-385-53214-3 (ISBN)
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered-and shadowed-by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina's dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.
Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
Praise for South of Broad
"Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage."-The Washington Post
"Conroy remains a magician of the page."-The New York Times Book Review
"Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet."-New Orleans Times-Picayune
"A lavish, no-holds-barred performance."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A lovely, often thrilling story."-The Dallas Morning News
"A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy's fans."-Associated Press
Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered-and shadowed-by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina's dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.
Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.
Praise for South of Broad
"Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage."-The Washington Post
"Conroy remains a magician of the page."-The New York Times Book Review
"Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet."-New Orleans Times-Picayune
"A lavish, no-holds-barred performance."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A lovely, often thrilling story."-The Dallas Morning News
"A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy's fans."-Associated Press
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Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.
