The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most powerful, memorable novels -- the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood,...
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The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most powerful, memorable novels -- the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love. Populated by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and animated by McMurtry's wry and raucous humor, The Last Picture Show is wild, heartbreaking, and poignant -- a coming-of-age novel that resonates with the magical passion of youth.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780783886329 (0783886322)
Publish date: June 1st 1999
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Edition language: English
Series: The Last Picture Show (#1)
After reading Lonesome Dove I fell in love with Larry McMurtry’s writing. I enjoyed that book immensely (guess no word can describe what i feel for LD). Although, i was sure of not reading any of the sequels or prequels of that book since i had already read the spoilers and it was not uplifting at a...
Sonny, Duane, and Jacy come of age in a dusty Texas town. What will happen to them once they graduate high school?I snagged this for the princely sum of $1.99 on the Kindle. It was worth every penny.As I said in the teaser, The Last Picture Show is a coming of age tale, a tale of what happens to peo...
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