Pat Conroy





Pat Conroy

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October 26, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States

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The first of seven children born into a military family, Pat Conroy was the victim of his father’s violence and abuse from a young age. The family moved constantly during his youth. After attending The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, South Carolina, Conroy wrote and published his first book, The Boo, about a legendary school administrator.
Conroy became a teacher after graduation, taking a job in a one-room schoolhouse on Dafuskie Island, SC. The racism and deplorable conditions he witnessed became the subject of his next work, 1972’s The Water is Wide. The book earned wide critical praise and was made into a film starring John Voigt. His next book, The Great Santini, delved head first into Conroy’s past and examined the mix of lo...more


Average rating: 3.99 · 95,401 ratings · 8,353 reviews · 31 distinct works
The Prince of Tides
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 40,979 ratings — published 1980 — 48 editions
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Beach Music
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 13,548 ratings — published 1995 — 24 editions
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South of Broad
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 13,782 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions
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The Lords of Discipline
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 7,516 ratings — published 1980 — 36 editions
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The Great Santini
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 7,386 ratings — published 1976 — 35 editions
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The Water is Wide
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 5,264 ratings — published 1969 — 34 editions
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My Losing Season
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 2,944 ratings — published 2002 — 21 editions
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My Reading Life
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,614 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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The Boo
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
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“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.”
Pat Conroy, Beach Music

“Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.”
Pat Conroy

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