Pat Conroy

The long-awaited new novel by the author of the bestselling The Prince of Tides. With the spectacular worldwide success of his unforgettable novel The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy established himself as a major international writer. He is known for his anguished and painfully honest insights into families and the human heart. He now returns with Beach Music, a story...

"A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck's East of Eden. ... Some books make you laugh; some make you cry; some make you think. The Prince of Tides is a rarity: It does all three." -- Detroit Free Press A modern American classic and a sweeping family saga that spans decades, this powerful work of Southern literary fiction is the...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Pat Conroy's classic semi-autobiographical novel of a harsh Marine father and his son's struggle to come into his own. "Robust and vivid...full of feeling." --Newsday This is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult...

The dark and violent chronicle of an astounding family—the Wingos of Colleton, South Carolina. Pat Conroy's inspired masterpiece relates the dark and violent chronicle of an astounding family—the Wingos of Colleton, South Carolina. No reader will forget them. And no reader can remain untouched by their story. All Wingos share one heritage: shrimp fishing, poverty, and the searing memory of...