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Title: this book is terrible
Review: I have read all of Conroy's previous work except "The Boo" and this takes the cake. He needed a better editor. How he does run on. What DIDN'T happen in this book? Suicide, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, horrible dysfunctional childhoods, where no one loves their parents... There are so many alternating themes - any ONE of them explored in greater depth and with tighter writing would have made a better story. It was boring. I can't tell you how many pages I skipped over.If you want to read a really great Southern writer, read William Styron, especially "Lie Down in Darkness". I have always thought Conroy ripped off that plot (certainly elements of it) for "Prince of Tides". The deal is that Styron did it first and much better.
