by Larry McMurtry · ISBN 9781857998139
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The Last Picture Show is a novel by American writer Larry McMurtry, published in 1966. The story is set in the small, desolate town of Thalia, Texas, in the early 1950s, and follows the lives of a group of young people struggling to find meaning and purpose in a place where opportunities are scarce and the future uncertain. Through their relationships, longings, and disappointments, the novel explores themes of love, friendship, loss, and the decline of rural life in America.
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. During a career spanning six decades, he wrote more than thirty novels, numerous essays and memoirs, and approximately fifty screenplays. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations with 13 wins, and his novels were the basis for several acclaimed television miniseries.
