The Boo

About this book

Bestselling author Pat Conroys debut novel?now available as an ebook A powerful story of a mans undoing at the hands of his greatest admirer At the South Carolina military academy the Citadel amid the tumult of the 1960s Cadet Peter Cates is an anomaly. He is a gifted writer a talented basketball player and a good student but his outward successes do little to impress his abusive father. Instead Cates is mentored by Lt. Colonel Courvoisie an imposing and inspiring man whom the cadets have nicknamed the Boo. But when Cates writes a searing letter condemning the schools meek response to a stabbing on campus his bond with the Boo will be threatened as both are forced to confront what it means to be a man of honor. Set against the richly drawn military school backdrop that Conroy would return to in his bestseller The Lords of Discipline The Boo is an unforgettable story of duty loyalty and standing up for what is right in the face of overwhelming circumstances.