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The Last Picture Show
Larry Mcmurtry
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Description for The Last Picture Show
Paperback. Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn't know better than to sweep his broom all the way to the town limits if no one stopped him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night café. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn't know better than to sweep his broom all the way to the town limits if no one stopped him. And teenage friends Sonny and Duane have nothing better to do than drift towards the adult world, with its temptations of sex and confusions of love.
The basis for a classic film, The Last Picture Show is both extremely funny and deeply profound. And, with the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141194448
SKU
V9780141194448
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Larry Mcmurtry
Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936) is an American essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain. He has published 21 novels, and also operates antiquarian bookshops in Washington DC, Texas and Arizona. Mary Karr (born January 16, 1955) is an American poet, essayist and memoirist. She rose to fame in 1995 with the ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Picture Show
'An alchemist who converts the basest materials into gold'
The New York Times Book Review
'There aren't many writers around who are as much fun as Larry McMurtry'
Boston Globe
The New York Times Book Review
'There aren't many writers around who are as much fun as Larry McMurtry'
Boston Globe