The Last Picture Show

Name: The Last Picture Show
ISBN: 9780141962641

by Larry McMurtry · first published 1966

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cjarrett · Feb 25, 2019 · Recommends

[Some other random american novels I find excellent/significant] Crossing to Safety - William Gaddis Chronic City - Jonathan Lethem Latro in the Mist - Gene Wolfe Arcadia (Play) - Tom Stoppard The Last Picture Show & Texasville - Larry McMurtry [Read both] The Blithdale Romance - Nathaniel Hawthorne Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy ^One of the most interesting novels touching on…
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shawndrost · Oct 2, 2025 · Recommends

…Larry McMurtry until recently. If you're in the same boat, I implore you to give one of the below a try. Lonesome Dove -- A great story about washed-up Texas Rangers with achingly beautiful writing. The Last Picture Show -- More tonally similar to Cormac's stories. Coming of age in a dusty Texas town. Leaving Cheyenne -- I have never in my life recommended a romance novel until this moment. I'm literally crying as I…
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otachack · Mar 28, 2021 · Mentions

…anyone is looking for novels of his try out the Thalia trilogy Larry wrote. It bleeds Texan vibes in a very human, realistic fashion. And if you're into film there's a movie based on the last book The Last Picture Show in which McMurtry was also involved with the screen play. They filmed it in Archer City, the town he grew up in and heavily inspired the novel. R.I.P. Larry!
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