Great Santini (Conroy)

Book Reviews
Stinging authenticity.... A book that won't quit.
Atlanta Journal


A fine, funny, brawling book.... Domineering, authoritarian, selfish, arbitrary, even cruel, relegating all that is gentle or sensitive to the domain of women, his father is a Marine pilot who runs his household with all the kindness and understanding of a drill instructor shaping up a bunch of raw recruits.
National Observer

Compelling storytelling.... Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly and hits a bulls-eye almost every time.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Few novelists write as well and not as beautifully.
Lexington Herald-Leader