The publishing event of the season: The one and only Pat Conroy returns, with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to Charleston and to lifelong friendship. Against the sumptuous backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, "South of Broad" gathers a unique cast of sinners and saints. Leopold Bloom King, our narrator, is the son of an amiable, loving father who teaches science at the local high school. His mother, an ex-nun, is the high school principal and a well-known Joyce scholar. After Leo's older brother commits suicide at the age of thirteen, the family struggles with the shattering effects of his death, and Leo, lonely and isolated, searches for something to sustain him. Eventually, he finds his answer when he becomes part of a tightly knit group of high school seniors that includes friends Sheba and Trevor Poe, glamorous twins with an alcoholic mother and a prison-escapee...
Visa mer
Recensioner
2016-12-26
Betyg 
Hahahahahaha. Fullständigt patetiskt. Men bra!
När det ändå är kärlek till det sant hjältemodiga som driver, så står man ut, och njuter lite, mellan kräkningarna.
2011-05-15
Betyg 
Not at all what I expected. A sweeping story of friendship through time. Mix in natural disasters, violent crimes and 'damaged' people, and you have a very good yarn. Liked it a lot.
