Populated by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and animated by McMurtry's wry and raucous humor, The Last Picture Show is a wild, heartbreaking, and poignant novel that resonates with the magical passion of youth. 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. Once, before they had any kids, she and her husband Dan took off one weekend and drove to Raton, New Mexico. The boys had made her remember what it was to be young. The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most memorable novels, and the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show 1 likes Like Genevieve went over and kicked lightly at the front tire of her Dodgeto her the tire always looked low. There is one closed tear to the front panel and just a touch of soiling to the extremities. Jacket is not price clipped, with none of the usual fading to the red title lettering on the spine. There is a tiny ink number on the flyleaf. Text block and binding are bright and tight. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket.
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