The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry - ISBN: 9780141194448
Paperback
Small-town Texas teens find love, loss, and life’s harsh realities.

The Last Picture Show

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    6 May 2011

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Summary

Larry McMurtry’s hilarious and touching novel, in Penguin Modern Classics for the very first time.

Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn’t know better than to sweep his broom all the way to the town limits if no one stopped him. And teenage friends Sonny and Duane have nothing better to do than drift towards the adult world, with its temp…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141194448
ISBN-10:0141194448
Author:Larry McMurtry
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:6 May 2011
Weight:192g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 16mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘An alchemist who converts the basest materials into gold’

‘An alchemist who converts the basest materials into gold’ * The New York Times Book Review *
‘There aren’t many writers around who are as much fun as Larry McMurtry’ * Boston Globe *

About The Author

Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936) is an American essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain. He has published 21 novels, and also operates antiquarian bookshops in Washington DC, Texas and Arizona.

Mary Karr (born January 16, 1955) is an American poet, essayist and memoirist. She rose to fame in 1995 with the publication of her bestselling memoir The Liars’ Club. She is the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University.

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