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Literary Life: A Second Memoir (2009)

by Larry McMurtry(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1439159939 (ISBN13: 9781439159934)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: I enjoyed this book, I'd give it maybe a 3.5. Some of the stories were interesting, other times I felt like he was reaching deep and name dropping just to fill up a book's worth of literary experiences when really he probably needn't try that hard at all...he's been writing for decades. I would have liked to see him do something more like Stephen King's On Writing, which is a great book. Overall, it was interesting and a quick read. I wish he would have expanded more on the books he talked about, or included more. I wish he'd told us the list of books in his re-read library that he keeps close at hand.
review 2: Loved the setting in Archer City, home of McMurtry. He also refers to college at Rice and North Texas. Today he owns a book store in Archer City, and t... morealks of his love of books and book collecting. He is the author of 'Lonesome Dove,' 'The Last Picture Show,' and 'Terms of Endearment. Many of his books have become successful movies. There are lots of references to favorite writers of today (Wallace Steigner, John Graves) and the past (Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Farren). Interesting for book lovers and Texans. less

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