THE GREAT SANTINI, SIGNED BY PAT CONROY
CONROY, Pat. The Great Santini. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Octavo, original orange cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Conroy’s acclaimed first novel, boldly signed by him on the title page.
Critically praised as "robust and vivid… full of feeling," Pat Conroy's highly autobiographical first novel chronicles the struggles of a teenage boy against his brutal and demanding father (Newsday). Basis for the Oscar-nominated 1979 film starring Robert Duvall. A limited advance edition of the uncorrected proof and proof jacket (35 copies) was issued the same year.
A fine signed copy.