Larry McMurtry
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born
June 03, 1936
gender
male
place of birth
Wichita Falls, Texas, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Among many other accolades he was the co-winner of an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Brokeback Mountain in 2006.
Larry McMurty was born in Wichita Falls Texas in 1936. His first published book Horseman, Pass By was adapted into the film "Hud".
McMurty went on to publish many more novels, a number of which went on to become movies as well as a TV mini-series.
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry avg rating 4.48 — 6,290 ratings — published 1920 32 editions |
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The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.87 — 1,243 ratings — published 1966 15 editions |
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Streets Of Laredo by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.63 — 1,138 ratings — published 1993 13 editions |
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Comanche Moon : A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.76 — 959 ratings — published 1997 12 editions |
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Dead Man's Walk : A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.67 — 868 ratings — published 1995 9 editions |
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Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.91 — 667 ratings — published 1975 21 editions |
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers : A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.93 — 515 ratings — published 1972 13 editions |
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Texasville: A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.48 — 528 ratings — published 1987 18 editions |
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Sin Killer: A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.58 — 419 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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Anything for Billy : A Novel by Larry McMurtry avg rating 3.35 — 394 ratings — published 1988 13 editions |
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"It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae"
— Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove)
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— Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove)
"Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps."
— Larry McMurtry
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— Larry McMurtry
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| Glens Falls (NY) ...: DVD of TV-Mini-Series "LONESOME DOVE" (Bk was a Pulitzer winner by Larry McMurtry.) | 25 | 17 | 02/11/2009 01:34PM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Movie: "Brokeback Mountain" | 1 | 13 | 02/17/2009 06:13AM | |
| fiction files redux: out west | 31 | 57 | 05/30/2009 04:13PM | |
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