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Article: Step right up for yet another Wild West show; Larry McMurtry's 27th novel is a critical yet loving tale of the old West.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- May 30, 2006
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Byline: Erik Spanberg
Perhaps Larry McMurtry felt a creative surge when he shepherded Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" into movie magic, a surge that carried over into his own fiction. McMurtry won an Oscar this year for the screenplay adaptation he wrote with Diana Ossana, but, before he reached the podium (in jeans and boots, no less), he had already put the finishing touches on his 27th and latest novel, Telegraph Days.
Ever prolific, McMurtry has focused as much on nonfiction works as he has on novels of late. And while he is incapable of writing fiction that lacks humor and spry dialogue, McMurtry has been wildly uneven during the past decade. ...