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Pat Conroy is without doubt America's favorite storyteller, a writer who portrays the anguished truth of the human heart and the painful secrets of families in richly lyrical prose and unforgettable narratives. Now, in Beach Music, he tells of the dark memories that haunt generations, in a story that spans South Carolina and Rome and reaches back into the unutterable terrors of the Holocaust.
Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to find peace after the recent trauma of his wife's suicide. But his solitude is disturbed by the appearance of his sister-in-law, who begs him to return home, and of two school friends asking for his help in tracking down another classmate who went underground as a Vietnam protester and never resurfaced. These requests launch Jack on a journey that encompasses the past and the present in both Europe and the American South, and that leads him to shocking -- and ultimately liberating -- truths.
Told with deep feeling and trademark Conroy humor, Beach Music is powerful and compulsively readable. It is another masterpiece in the legendary list of classics that his body of work has already become.
Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to find peace after the recent trauma of his wife's suicide. But his solitude is disturbed by the appearance of his sister-in-law, who begs him to return home, and of two school friends asking for his help in tracking down another classmate who went underground as a Vietnam protester and never resurfaced. These requests launch Jack on a journey that encompasses the past and the present in both Europe and the American South, and that leads him to shocking -- and ultimately liberating -- truths.
Told with deep feeling and trademark Conroy humor, Beach Music is powerful and compulsively readable. It is another masterpiece in the legendary list of classics that his body of work has already become.
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Really well-written. Characters are richly drawn and stay with you. I read it years ago and am thinking of reading it again!
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This book keeps your intrest from the first page all the way to the last page. It is well written and you get involved in every character. 800 pages and it seems like maybe a 100 pages. It reads so quickly!
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Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam, Beach Music sings with life's pain and glory.
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Another well written book by Pat Conroy. Without giving the story away--there's some pretty graphic scenes in the latter part of the book. I read this a couple of years ago but still remember the disturbing visual picture it painted. Like the other books by Pat Conroy this contains strong characters.
Heather M. (I have read all of Pat Conroy's works. He is one of my all time favorites. Beach Music is fairly long but well worth the time.
Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contempotary ruins of American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from thr horror of the Holocost to the trama of Vietnam, Beach music sings with it’s pain and glory.
A sweeping novel about Jack McCall, an American expatgriate in Rome, who tries to find peace after his wife's suicide.
A story about Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome,scarred by the tragedy of his wife's suicide, searching for the answer to a haunting secret in his family's past. Novel visits three generations in this characters family.
Linda M. (Complex story of families who grew up together in a small town. Typical beautiful Conroy prose, little long in places but beautifully written.
Pat Conroy is one of my favorite authors, and he didn't disappoint me with this book. The Denver POst said about the book,"Pat Conroy's writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: Passion."
This is my favorite book. It's long and it's very well written. Pat Conroy is master storyteller.
Conroy's was the most talked-about book at the American Booksellers Association convention, even though it was reputedly only half-written. Hero Jack McCall, who has fled to Rome after his wife's suicide, is asked to locate a Sixties buddy whose antiwar activity drove him underground.
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