Duane's Depressed is the work of a powerful, mature artist, with a deep understanding of the human condition, a profound ability to write about small-town life, and perhaps the surest touch of any American novelist for the tangled feelings that bind and separate men and women. He gradually makes his way through a protracted end-of-life crisis of which he is finally cured by reading Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, a combination of penance, and prescription from Dr. Quantity: 2 Add to Basket Condition: Good.

Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Good US 5.04 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. Surrounded by his children, who all seem to be going through life crises involving sex, drugs, and violence his wife, Karla, who is wrestling with her own demons and friends like Sonny, who seem to be dying, Duane can't seem to make sense of his life anymore. The Last Picture Show McMurtry, Larry Published by Penguin Books, 1979 ISBN 10: 014005183X ISBN 13: 9780140051834 Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, U.S.A. Growing up in 1951 in the small Texas town of Anarene, Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and his best friend Duane (Jeff Bridges) respect and admire Sam the Lion (Ben. The Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winning writer of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, and the Brokeback Mountain screenplay, McMurtry perhaps more than anyone shaped how the. Funny, sad, full of wonderful characters and the word-perfect dialogue of which he is the master, McMurtry brings the Thalia saga to an end with Duane confronting depression in the midst of plenty.

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Soft plum card stock spine w/gold foil letters. Seller Quinn & Davis Booksellers Published 1984 Condition Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued Edition Later Printing PB Signed ISBN 9780140051834 Description: Penguin Books, N.

The last picture show by larry mcmurtry