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Synopsis
Patrick Keane and Will Savage are classmates at an elite prep school, but the two are distinctly different: Patrick's background is blue-collar, Will comes from a wealthy Southern dynasty. Patrick envies Will's privileged existence, while Will wants only to transcend it and become a great bluesman. As years go by, Patrick settles down into the kind of life Will was expected to lead; Will marries a black woman, indulges in various addictions, and becomes famous. They rely on one another for friendship, support and confidence, but it is only over time that they begin to realize the true intensity of their friendship, and what it means for them individually and the women around them.
| Size | | Length: | 271 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 22.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families. At least that's one way of explaining my unlikely fellowship with Will Savage."
Industry Reviews
"Full of the melancholy past and present...McInerny has a newcomer's grasp of the South--he gets the blend of anarchy, high-tack, and despair just right....But Patrick himself--all elbows and missed emotional opportunities, pin stripes, and might-have-beens--is the man who anchors this novel. Resonant and achingly muted, he is trustworthy not in spite of his moral failings but because of them."
Boston Globe - Gail Caldwell
"He has always been an elegant and witty writer. Here the fluidity and comic grace of his prose is all in the service of storytelling."
Entertainment Weekly - Mark Harris
"The college generation that McInerney is describing happens to be my own. We thought that we were in the midst of a political revolution and a change in human consciousness and were astonished to see how quickly it all disappeared....['The Last of the Savages'] is a sad story, but it rings true. We thought in those days that we were finding freedom, but it was just another kind of slavery."
Washington Post Book World - David Guy (05/26/1996)
"McInerney at his best....Both tragic and comic and with a superb eye for detail."
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ruth Coughlin
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