num_pages: 280
description: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove comes a powerful coming-of-age novel set in the American West. In Thalia, Texas, Larry McMurtry epitomizes small-town America and through characters reintroduced in Texasville and Duane’s Depressed , captures the ecstasy and heartbreak of adolescence.The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most memorable novels, and the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love. Populated by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and animated by McMurtry's wry and raucous humor, The Last Picture Show is a wild, heartbreaking, and poignant novel that resonates with the magical passion of youth.
language: English
title: The Last Picture Show
titlecomplete: The Last Picture Show
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Coming Of Age, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 17855
places: Texas
series: Thalia, Texas, The Last Picture Show
publisher: Simon & Schuster