The Washington Post – Chris Bohjalian: South of Broad is a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage?and, perhaps, vintage Pat Conroy?Conroy is an immensely gifted stylist, and there are passages in the novel that are lush and beautiful and precise. No one can describe a tide or a sunset with his lyricism and exactitude. My sense is that the millions of readers who cherish Conroy's work won't be at all disappointed?and nor will anyone who owns stock in Kleenex.