โ Scribed by Larry McMurtry
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Now in paperback, Larry McMurtrys fascinating and surprisingly intimate memoir of his lifelong passion of buying, selling, and collecting rare antiquarian books: a necessary and marvelous gift (San Antonio Express-News).
Acclaimed author: Spanning a lifetime of literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded at a wide variety of genres, from coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show, to essays like In a Narrow Grave, to the reinvention of the Western on a grand scale like the Pulitzer Prizewinning Lonesome Dove. Here at last is the private McMurtry writing about himself: as a boy growing up in a largely bookless world, as a young man devouring the world of literature, as a fledgling writer and family man, and above all as one of Americas most prominent bookmen.
A work of charm, grace, and good humor: reading Books is like reading the best kind of diaryfull of wonderful anecdotes, amazing characters, spicy gossip, and shrewd observations. Like...
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