The Great Santini
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: September 1994
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9789994669646
Subjects: Fiction
First sentence: In the Cordova Hotel, near the docks of Barcelona, fourteen Marine Corps fighter pilots from the aircraft carrier Forrestal were throwing an obstreperously spirited going away party for Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meecham, the executive officer of their carrier based squadron.