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A Good Place To Start
| Title | Votes | |
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| The Lords of Discipline | 3 | |
| The Prince of Tides | 1 |
A Bad Place To Start
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| The Boo | 1 | |
| The Water is Wide | 1 |
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Pat Conroy (1945 - )
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My favorite book by Pat Conroy is The Lords of Discipline, and my least favorite is The Water is Wide. Of course, any of his novels would be a great place to start...Santini, Lords, Prince, Beach...
Pat Conroy combines gritty scenes with poetic language. He is a true master, in my humble opinion!
SqueakyChu November 17th, 2006 08:48 AM PST
It is so hard to pick a starting point for this author because all of his books are so incredibly good. The only one I haven't read is The Boo because I can't find a copy of it anywhere. The one I'd have to choose is The Lords of Discipline because I was so profoundly moved by its contents. The runner-up would be The Great Santini because it is a book with resonance.
sandypfeff November 18th, 2006 02:00 AM PST
First, you have to decide if you want to read fiction or non-fiction by Conroy, even though his novels are semi-autobiographical. His two non-fiction books on this list are The Water Is Wide and My Losing Season. (I didn't count the cookbook here.) The Water Is Wide is the story of his experience as a teacher of black children on one of the small islands off the coast of South Carolina in the late 1960's, and I highly recommend it. I didn't care for My Losing Season which is about his experiences playing basketball at the Citadel.
In terms of his fiction, I'd recommend The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline which are semi-autobiographical accounts of cadets at a military school patterned after the Citadel. (So is The Boo, but I don't think it is as good as the first two I mentioned.)
The Prince of Tides and Beach Music are also semi-autobiographical and are excellent stories as well. Many of his books have been made into movies, but the books are much better.
carmine September 7th, 2007 06:54 AM PST
I read all his books....How much of the Lords of Discipline was true:
- Was there a group of 10
- Did one of his best friends jump in front of a train?
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Beachlover2003 November 17th, 2006 07:00 AM PST