NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage The Washington Post by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shatteredand shadowedby tragedy. Lonely and adrift he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled unrequited loves and unspoken longings hardwon successes and devastating breakdowns as well as Charleston South Carolinas dark legacy of racism and class divisions these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for. Spanning two turbulent decades South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds. Praise for South of Broad Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage.The Washington Post Conroy remains a magician of the page.The New York Times Book Review Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand oldfashioned sense devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet.New Orleans TimesPicayune A lavish noholdsbarred performance.The Atlanta JournalConstitution A lovely often thrilling story.The Dallas Morning News A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroys fans.Associated Press show more