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THE GREAT SANTINI
by Conroy, Pat
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395242975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395242971
- Seller
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$102.11NZ$81.69
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0395242975 . First edition, second printing with "2" in numberline. A tight clean former high school library book. Looks like it was hardly read. Orange cloth boards with black print on spine. Edges each have a light lib stamp. Front fly page has a paste ghost where pocket was likely removed. Front and rear pastedown each have two fairly small patches of paper loss where old cover was once attached. Title page has a library stamp and some numbers in gutter of joining page. The very good price clipped jacket has small wear to edges, lib label on lower spine and one on lowere rear panel. Front and rear DJ flaps each have a little tape on side edges. Jacket will arrive In a fresh protective mylar cover. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) ; 8vo .
Synopsis
The Great Santini is a novel written by Pat Conroy and published in 1976. Marine Col. Bull Meecham commands his home like a soldiers’ barracks. Cold and controlling, but also loving, Bull has complicated relationships with each member of his family—in particular, his eldest son, Ben. A born athlete who desperately seeks his father’s approval, Ben is determined to break out from the colonel’s shadow. With guidance from teachers at his new school, he strives to find the courage to stand up to his father once and for all. Inspired by Pat Conroy’s own difficult relationship with his father, The Great Santini is a captivating and unflinching portrayal of modern family, and a moving novel of a son determined to become his own man. The novel was made into a film of the same name in 1979, starring Robert Duvall in the title role.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abound Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18490
- Title
- THE GREAT SANTINI
- Author
- Conroy, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395242975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395242971
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0395242975
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