McMurtry, Larry (Jeff)

McMurtry, Larry (Jeff)
born June 3, 1936, Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.

U.S. novelist.

The son of a rancher, he is noted for novels set in the American West, often in Texas. The Last Picture Show (1966) examines the isolation of small-town life. Lonesome Dove (1985, Pulitzer Prize) is part of an epic frontier series that also includes Streets of Laredo (1993), Dead Man's Walk (1995), and Comanche Moon (1997). His other novels include Horseman, Pass By (1961), Terms of Endearment (1975), and Buffalo Girls (1990). Many of his novels were adapted for film or television.

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