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At the time of its launch, reviewers were split on the literary value of South of Broad, but Kirkus Reviews managed to make sense of its parallel running plots: "First novel in 14 years from the gifted spinner of Southern tales (Beach Music, 1995, etc.)—a tail-wagging shaggy dog at turns mock-epic and gothic, beautifully written throughout ...
Beach Music is Pat Conroy's novel about Jack McCall, a South Carolina native who flees the South with his daughter Leah after his wife commits suicide. This novel explores the Vietnam War-era, the Holocaust, and coming of age in the 20th century. It was published in 1995.
Porgy (1925), by DuBose Heyward, adapted into a play in 1927.; Several books by Citadel alumnus and novelist Pat Conroy (d. 2016), such as The Lords of Discipline (1980) set from 1963–'67, and (based on Conroy's experiences as a cadet at The Citadel) and South of Broad (a #1 2009 New York Times Best Seller).
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Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars.
The travails of apartheid South Africa speak to today's rise in authoritarianism, which William Kentridge probes in his art. Review: William Kentridge's sprawling Broad installation is an ...
The Water Is Wide is a 1972 memoir [1] by Pat Conroy and is based on his work as a teacher on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, which is called Yamacraw Island in the book. The book sometimes is identified as nonfiction [ 2 ] and other times identified as a novel.
A 16-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly gunned down his parents and teenage siblings and then drunkenly called 911 to confess to the quadruple homicide ...