![]() ![]() He is also a star basketball player which also affords him some respect. Will is starting his senior year at the Carolina Military Institute (a loose cover for Conroy's own experience at the Citadel.) Will is still a private in rank because he has fully bought into the military intellectually, but he is respected enough to be an elected member of the Honor court. This one dragged a bit too in description of Charleston (where I've never been) but it is a partially a love letter to this city and its impact on Will McLean, the main character. ![]() ![]() While the plot typically sails along, it's the interior examination of character and self that bogs me down. Pat Conroy is not easy to read because he delves into the baser parts of human nature and it's in the people we know and love (or like, or should love) friend, father, spouse. ![]()
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