ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LARRY MCMURTRY is the author of thirty novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove. His other works include three essay collections, five memoirs, and more than forty screenplays, including the coauthorship (with Diana Ossana) of Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Academy Award. He lives in Archer City, Texas.
BY LARRY MCMURTRY
CUSTER
THE BERRYBENDER NARRATIVES
HOLLYWOOD: A THIRD MEMOIR
LITERARY LIFE: A SECOND MEMOIR
RHINO RANCH
BOOKS: A MEMOIR
WHEN THE LIGHT GOES
TELEGRAPH DAYS
OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER
THE COLONEL AND LITTLE MISSIE
LOOP GROUP
FOLLY AND GLORY
BY SORROW’S RIVER
THE WANDERING HILL
SIN KILLER
SACAGAWEA’S NICKNAME: ESSAYS ON THE AMERICAN WEST
PARADISE
BOONE’S LICK
ROADS
STILL WILD: SHORT FICTION OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1950 TO THE PRESENT
WALTER BENJAMIN AT THE DAIRY QUEEN
DUANE’S DEPRESSED
CRAZY HORSE
COMANCHE MOON
DEAD MAN’S WALK
THE LATE CHILD
STREETS OF LAREDO
THE EVENING STAR
BUFFALO GIRLS
SOME CAN WHISTLE
ANYTHING FOR BILLY
FILM FLAM: ESSAYS ON HOLLYWOOD
TEXASVILLE
LONESOME DOVE
THE DESERT ROSE
CADILLAC JACK
SOMEBODY’S DARLING
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS
MOVING ON
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
IN A NARROW GRAVE: ESSAYS ON TEXAS
LEAVING CHEYENNE
HORSEMAN, PASS BY
BY LARRY MCMURTRY AND DIANA OSSANA
PRETTY BOY FLOYD
ZEKE AND NED
Copyright © 2014 by Larry McMurtry
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The Last Kind Words Saloon : a novel / Larry McMurtry. — First edition.
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