- Paperback: 599 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (2 Feb 1996)
- ISBN-10: 055340900X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553409000
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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A young man's violent coming of age in a Carolina Military Academy.
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Four cadets become blood brothers. Together they will encounter the hell of vicious bullying and the rabid, secretive atmosphere of an arrogant and proud military institute. Together they will brace themselves for the brutal transition to manhood - and one of them will not survive.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
It is a brilliant read-I couldn't put it down.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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 undertones. You hate Charleston for its deepseeded history of slavery, yet you fall in love with the city and its magnetic charm. You hate The Citadel for perpetuating hate, yet you fall in love with the young men who enter its hallowed walls. The tension between good and bad, the blurring of right and wrong, make this one of the greatest books written in the last 20 years. If you read one Pat Conroy book, forget about the Prince of Tides. Read the Lords of Discipline.
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RIVETING NARRATION OF THIS AMERICAN CLASSIC
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A frequent Audie finalist and Earphones award winner Dan John Miller delivers a riveting narration of the book many have called an American classic. Read more
A frequent Audie finalist and Earphones award winner Dan John Miller delivers a riveting narration of the book many have called an American classic. Read more
Published on 20 April 2010 by Gail Cooke
Brilliant
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... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2005 by John E. Davidson
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
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
Published on 9 Aug 1999
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
Published on 22 July 1999
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
Published on 22 Jun 1999
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
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 Institute... Read more
Published on 27 May 1999
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
Excellent, excellent, excellent
No other words to describe it. What an awesome book!!!!!!!!!! It deserves 10 stars.
Published on 17 May 1999
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