Books : a memoir / Larry McMurtry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMurtry, Larry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McMurtry, Larry--Books and reading.

McMurtry, Larry.

McMurtry, Larry--Childhood and youth.

McMurtry, Larry--Homes and haunts--Texas.

Antiquarian booksellers--United States--Biography.

Antiquarian booksellers.

Books and reading.

United States.

Texas.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

259 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Summary:

In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a grand scale in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove. Now, in Books: A Memoir, McMurtry writes about his endless passion for books: as a boy growing up in a largely "bookless" world; as a young man devouring the vastness of literature with astonishing energy; as a fledgling writer and family man; and above all, as one of America's most prominent bookmen. He takes us on his journey to becoming an astute, adventurous book scout and collector who would eventually open stores of rare and collectible editions in Georgetown, Houston, and finally, in his previously "bookless" hometown of Archer City, Texas--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9781416583349

1416583343

OCLC:

213408552

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Publisher description