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By His Longtime Friend And A Pulitzer PrizeWinning Journalist, The Definitive Biography Of Larry Mcmurtry, The Legendary Author And Screenwriter Of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, And Brokeback Mountain, Who Transformed Our Vision Of The West.Before Larry Mcmurtry Became One Of The Most Celebrated Writers Of The Twentieth Century, He Worked On His FamilyS Ranch In Rural Texas. At Night He Heard Vivid Stories Of His Cowboy Uncles Driving Herds Of Cattle Across The Plains Where There Once Were Bison And Native Americans. Mcmurtry Means Beef, As One Ranching Magazine Put It. By The Time He Died In 2021, Mcmurtry Had Published Forty Books, Won A Pulitzer For Lonesome Dove And An Oscar For His Cowritten Adaptation Of Annie ProulxS Brokeback Mountain, And Seen His Work Made Into Such Classic Films As Hud And Terms Of Endearment. Now, Mcmurtry Means Great Stories.For All His Fame, Mcmurtry Was An Elusive Figure. He Loved Women But Was Married To His Typewriter; He Was Wary Of Critics And Distrustful Of Other MenExcept David Streitfeld. When Mcmurtry Gave The Pulitzer PrizeWinning Journalist The Keys To His Past, Streitfeld Dug Into Every Archive And Interviewed Everyone Who Would Talk. He Found That, Even As McmurtryS Work Criticized The Old Cowboy Myths, He Loved Making Up Stories About Himself.Western Star Reveals The Real And Complicated Life Of A Storyteller Who Was Both An Icon And Critic Of Texas, The Favorite Of Presidents, Confidant To Movie Stars Like Diane Keaton And Cybill Shepherd, Friend To Ken Kesey And Husband To His Widow Faye, An Obsessive Bookseller, And The Most Enduring Voice Of The American West.
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I was looking forward to reading this, but I found it didn't do justice to McMurtry’s legacy. It felt superficial and missed some key elements of his career. Not what I expected from a biography about such a legendary author.
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Rajesh Kumar
Interesting, But a Bit Disorganized
I enjoyed learning about McMurtry's life, but I felt the book jumped around a bit too much. The stories were compelling, just not always in a smooth flow. Still, if you're a fan of his novels, this is worth picking up.
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Anna Thompson
A Must-Read for McMurtry Fans
As a huge fan of Larry McMurtry, I found this book to be a fascinating dive into his life and works. The anecdotes and insights really paint a vivid picture of who he was as a writer and a person. I appreciated the thorough research that went into it.
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