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Loading... Beach Musicby Pat Conroy
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Audiobook. Ambitious novel. I had recently read My Revolution. This is also about coming to grips with 60s and Vietnam as one approaches getting older. This one also throws in the Red Brigade and the Holocaust. Nothing if not nervy. This books is definitely more interested in the male characters. The females are male fantasies. But this was an interesting read. Finished on a road trip. poetic and beautiful writing; intriguing cast of characters; and an amazing plot. i skipped the last few chapters but overall this book was wonderful! Narrated by Frank Muller, this is one of the finest audiobooks I've ever heard. Loved this book - hope to find the time to reread it some day. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553381539, Paperback)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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The women were portrayed as vain and weak, expect when it came to something they were passionate about - then they were ready to kick some major butt. (