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The Last Picture Show
Written by Larry McMurtry
Narrated by John Randolph Jones
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The Last Picture Show is both a rambunctious coming-of-age story and an elegy to a forlorn Texas town trying to keep its one movie house alive. Adapted into the Oscar-winning film, this masterpiece immortalizes the lives of the hardscrabble residents who are threatened by the inexorable forces of the modern world.
“McMurtry is an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold.”—New York Times Book Review
“McMurtry is an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold.”—New York Times Book Review
Author
Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. He has also written memoirs and essays, and received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Brokeback Mountain.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the truly great American novels, and one of the most faithfully translated screenplays for the film. The reader of the audiobook was excellent.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great work of literature. Dusty yet finely etched. Much enjoyed.