South of Broad

Beschreibung

#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<BR> <BR> 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.<BR> <BR> 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.<BR> <BR> Praise for South of Broad<BR> <BR> “Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage.”—The Washington Post<BR> <BR> “Conroy remains a magician of the page.”—The New York Times Book Review<BR> <BR> “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<BR> <BR> “A lavish, no-holds-barred performance.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<BR> <BR> “A lovely, often thrilling story.”—The Dallas Morning News<BR> <BR> “A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy’s fans.”—Associated Press

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