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In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a grand scale in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove. Now, in Books: A Memoir, McMurtry writes about his endless passion for books: as a boy growing up in a largely "bookless" world; as a young man devouring the vastness of literature with astonishing energy; as a fledgling writer and family man; and above all, as one of America's most…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2009Simon & Schuster · 272 pages · 9781416583356
- Hardcover · English · 2008Simon & Schuster · 256 pages · 9781416583349
BiographyBooks and readingAmerican NovelistsHomes and hauntsChildhood and youthAntiquarian booksellersNew York Times reviewedMcmurtry, larry, 1936-2021