The Last Picture Show
<p><strong>“McMurtry is an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold.” — <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><br><em>The Last Picture Show</em> (1966) is both a rambunctious coming-of-age story and an elegy to a forlorn Texas town trying to keep its one movie house alive. Adapted into the Oscar-winning film, this masterpiece immortalizes the lives of the hardscrabble residents who are threatened by the inexorable forces of the modern world.