This writer of fiction and non-fiction, most of which has been autobiographical, has seen his work become the basis for movies such as "Conrack" (1973), "The Great Santini" (1979) and "The Prince of Tides" (1991). Pat Conroy began to work more often for the screen in the 1990s, but the emphasis of his work has always seemed to revolve around dysfunctional Southern…
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