THE DEATH OF SANTINI : THE STORY OF A FATHER AND HIS SON
by Pat Conroy

Having read Pat Conroy's previous book "My Reading Life," which I loved, I couldn't wait to read "The Death of Santini." The way he puts his verbiage together, is marvelous. Alas, that didn't happen to me with this book. It started out well enough and kept me interested, although it was very hard reading about the brutality that Pat's father doled out, unceasingly, to his family. I only reached page 132 when I decided that I could no longer stand reading the thing. By that time, he is writing about his mother's mother (known as Stanny) and it just goes on and on and on and I no longer cared. He also drops a million names all over the place which drives me nuts.
I guess if you're a die-hard fan of Conroy's, you would enjoy this book, but I'm not.
Not recommended.