Blogs in July 2020

Duane’s Depressed 8th July 2020

Set in Thalia, Texas, the small town that McMurtry literally put on the map when he wrote “The Last Picture Show,” “Duane’s Depressed” follows those of the characters who have survived into their twilight years. McMurtry brings the Thalia...

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Horseman, Pass By 6th July 2020

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove comes the novel that became the basis for the film Hud, starring Paul Newman. In classic Western style Larry McMurtry illustrates the timeless conflict between the modernity and the Old West...

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Texasville 5th July 2020

With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we...

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Streets of Laredo 3rd July 2020

The final novel in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove quartet, Streets of Laredo is an exhilarating and achingly poignant tale of heroism and friendship. Captain Woodrow Call, Gus McCrae’s old partner, once a youthful Texas Ranger, is now a bounty...

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Comanche Moon 3rd July 2020

The second book in the Lonesome Dove quartet, Comanche Moon, which follows on from Dead Man’s Walk and prequels Lonesome Dove, follows ranchers Gus and Call in their bitter struggle to protect the advancing West frontier against the defiant...

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