My Losing Season
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My Losing Season | |
Author | Pat Conroy |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Autobiographical novel |
Publisher | Nan A. Talese |
Publication date | 2002 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 416 pp (hardback edition) |
My Losing Season is an autobiographical novel by Pat Conroy. It mainly deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel, from 1966 - 1967. Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of The Citadel. The book also deals with the team's experience of losing. In his final season, his team finished 8-17.