Reading it was like hitting myself with a lead pipe for 350 pages . Tim ` `` The Great Santini '' is a memoir about his family . Conroy 's troubled relationship with his father fueled several novels . The author has sympathy for his mother , but some of his siblings do n't . the Miami Dolphins is best known for `` The Great Santini '' and ` The Death of Santini ''
Tim ` `` The Great Santini '' is a memoir about his family . Conroy 's troubled relationship with his father fueled several novels . The author has sympathy for his mother , but some of his siblings do n't . the Miami Dolphins is best known for `` The Great Santini '' and ` The Death of Santini ''