Pat Conroy is writing
his first novel since 1995.

“The Prince of Tides” author Pat Conroy says he’s finishing his first novel in more than a decade, and it will mark a return to the same dysfunctional characters he’s known for.
Conroy’s last book was a cookbook published in 2004.



“I loved writing that book. … Now, of course, everybody in this new book is dying and driving themselves off cliffs,” he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “So I’m back to normal.”
The new novel is set in Charleston and is alalert nearly 700 pages, Conroy said. “It drives me nuts. But long-windedness … there’s nothing you can do about it. I wanted to write a 250-page novel, but I realize I can’t even write a prologue that’s 250 pages.”



Conroy,

62, said his wife Cassandra King, author of “Queen of Broken Hearts,” is a much happier writer.
“I’ll hear her cackle with laughter at some funny line she’s written,” he said. “I’ve never cackled with laughter at a single line I’ve ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. She writes with pleasure and joy, and I sit there in gloom and darkness.”
Conroy has not published a novel since 1995’s “Beach Music.”

We’re happy that he’s writing fiction again. Maybe he should get some earphones to drown out the joyous sounds of his wife’s creative process.



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