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The Lords of Discipline (Paperback)

by Pat Conroy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (1 Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552996831
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552996839
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.2 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 71,789 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From the author of "The Prince of Tides". This novel chronicles the lives of four "bloodbrother" cadets in the Carolina Military. Together they encounter the hell of the arrogant military institute and experience the transition to manhood, of which one of them will not survive.

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'Pat Conroy's is the most articulate and commanding voice to speak for and from the south since Thomas Wolfe' Anne Rivers Siddons

'A work of enormous power, passion, honour and wisdom' Washington Star

'Tremendous depth, intricacy and compression…a novel about virtues we neglect to our diminishment: courage, brotherhood and victory over the difficult obstacles to authentic manhood' James Dickey, author of Deliverance

'Gripping, gruelling…superb' Playboy

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic, 16 Jan 2002
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Pat Conroy is a superb writer. His use of language to convey emotions is second to none. This novel covers the transition to manhood for several young men who are enrolled as cadets in a military academy. It depicts the brutality of the system that the academy employs to remove unwanted students and how they survive. The story is told by Will McLean, a boy who is torn between the values that the system has ingrained in him and the questioning doubt he has that the values are the right ones. He has three very close friends and the book covers the development of that friendship until events take hold that threaten everything Will cares for.
It is a brilliant read-I couldn't put it down.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 4 Mar 2005
By J. E. Davidson (UK) - See all my reviews
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This book was a huge success in the USA but is largely unknown in the UK. This is a quintessentially American story set in an American phenomenon, military academies and as such British readers may have trouble relating to it. However, this is a fantastic book and well worth the effort.

The book follows the story of a young man, Will McLean, a student at the Carolina Military Institute (a barely disguised version of The Citadel, a very famous military academy), as he and his three friends attempt to graduate. To make matters more complicated, in fact much more complicated, he has an additional, secret assignment: to assist the first black student in getting through his first year.

The book has two major strands: the coming of age of Will McLean (who is based on Conroy himself) and a gripping conspiracy all set against the background of the unbelievably brutal and vicious practices of US military academies of the time (the late 1960s).

McLean is not a conventional cadet: he is a basketball player, an aspiring writer and he finds it difficult to conform to the ways of the military. However, it has immense personal integrity and (as it turns out) great inner strength. His secret assignment brings him and his friends into life threatening conflict with a powerful, clandestine organisation, the Ten, which is determined to never allow black students at the CMI.

Pat Conroy writes beautifully, with a wonderful, almost lyrical prose style. He paints a vivid and compelling picture of the American south in all its glory (and its faults). The sense of place is faultless, the characterisation is strong (although McLean is such a well-realised character that most of the other characters seem rather slight in comparison) and the plot is thrilling and well paced. He takes subject matter that would have been rendered as pap by many (if not most) writers and creates an enthralling and compelling novel.

Totally fantastic and highly recommended.

A final note: if you enjoy this book then I can thoroughly recommend Pat Conroy's autobiography, My Losing Season, which will provide additional insight into which elements are true and which are just fiction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What can one say about a book like this., 27 Jul 1999
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I was one of those violated boys that never made it. I left the Academy humiliated and ashamed. This book has hepled me provide some closure to that part of my life. Please read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars semi-true yet very interesting
I live and go to school less than a mile or two away from the Citadel which the authour describes in this book. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wrenching, compelling novel--unforgettable.
I read this book at the New Jersey shore, but Conroy's vivid descriptions made Charleston, its rivers, ocean, marshes, mansions and prison-like Institute more real than the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down, his best book
An absolutely phenomenal book. I cannot recommend this book with any greater urgency. Again, Conroy weaves a marvelous story, and he supercharges this book with race and class... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down, his best book
An absolutely phenomenal book. I cannot recommend this book with any greater urgency. Again, Conroy weaves a marvelous story, and he supercharges this book with race and class... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Soulfully hearthwarming story of friendship!
Back in college days, I've got a copy of this extra-ordinary masterpiece that has even more solidified my relationship with my circle of friends. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping Tale Portaying an Honorable Instittion
As a sister of a graduate of The Citadel, reading this book made me just want to cry in thinking what he might have gone through. Read more
Published on 30 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate poetry in prose format!
Conroy captures the essence of what becoming a man is by illustrating what it isn't. Why any right-thinking person would want to attend the Citadel or Virginia Military... Read more
Published on 27 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Changed the Way I Looked at Life!
"I wear the ring - I wear the ring and I return often to the city of Charleston, South Carolina to study the history of my becoming a man. Read more
Published on 18 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, excellent, excellent
No other words to describe it. What an awesome book!!!!!!!!!! It deserves 10 stars.
Published on 17 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An emotionally powerful statement
Reading Conroy's LORDS OF DISCIPLINE was difficult and painful, but an experience I recommend to all. Read more
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