The Last of the Savages

by JayMcInerney (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.28

  The arrival of rebellious Will Savage at his New England prep school in the mid-sixties was watched in awed fascination by Patrick, his Irish-Catholic roommate with aspirations to all that the Ivy League and convention had to offer. Theirs is an unusual friendship that unfolds across the decades, through Will's defiant marriage to a beautiful black woman, and Patrick's studied course of upward mobility, in an abiding portrait of male intimacy that is funny, intimate and unforgettable.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $30.42

  The arrival of rebellious Will Savage at his New England prep school in the mid-sixties was watched in awed fascination by Patrick, his Irish-Catholic roommate with aspirations to all that the Ivy League and convention had to offer. Theirs is an unusual friendship that unfolds across the decades, through Will's defiant marriage to a beautiful black woman, and Patrick's studied course of upward mobility, in an abiding portrait of male intimacy that is funny, intimate and unforgettable.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.28

  This is the story of the friendship between two very different men who meet at prep school. While Patrick conforms to Ivy League tradition, Will defies his family and embarks on a love affair with black soul music. The novel embraces race relations and American social changes.