Another great read by Pat Conroy

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	• Beach Music Pat Conroy Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002 - 784 pages average customer review:based on 283 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fun Read

I enjoyed this book, but why did Conroy rename Beaufort SC and call it Waterfort? Is he ashamed of his hometown? Or is he afraid of a lawsuit? The story line tries to justify terrorism in the name of "social justice." I suspect Conroy is a left-leaning liberal. Dispite all this, I still enjoyed the book because it catches the feel of the Low Country area of SC. After living here for 10 years, I now understand what Low Country means: low elevations (of course), low expectations, low income, low standards, low test scores, and low intelligence.

LOVED this

I've never read a Pat Conroy novel nor have I seen any of the adapted films. I stumbled across Beach Music in our shared library at work. Where some of the story was a bit "out there" (the Vietnam drama and the ensuing lockdown "courtroom" proceedings in particular), I found the book incredibly engrossing and completely enjoyable. I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud regularly throughout a novel - and this is a huge novel. It sits among my top ten favorite books ever. I read this last summer and plan on reading it again very soon.

On a side note, I was not impressed with Shyla and am puzzled with the main character's intrigue. Shyla came across as a liar, a cheater and, ultimately, a selfish bitch in leaving her baby daughter by means of a dramatic suicide. I couldn't understand any of the characters' fascination with her. Perhaps in my second go round I'll find something more to grip onto and make her more "loveable".

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Another great read by Pat Conroy

Beach Music is another beautifully written book by Pat Conroy! He's an amazing author. I look forward to reading every other book he has written.

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PAT CONROY, America?s preeminent storyteller, delivers a sweeping novel of lyric intensity and searing truth?the story of Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome, scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife?s suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family?s past that can heal his anguished heart.

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. It is another masterpiece in PAT CONROY?S legendary list of beloved novels.

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