num_pages: 536
description: Eighteen-year-old Ben's attempts to stand up for himself, his mother, and his sister are resisted by his intolerant father, a fighter pilot and inflexible disciplinarian
language: English
title: The Great Santini
titlecomplete: The Great Santini
genres: Fiction, Classics, Contemporary, Southern, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Military Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 32530
places: Atlanta, Georgia
publisher: Old New York Book Shop Press