Description: **** LIKE NEW CONDITION ADULT OWNED / SMOKE FREE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE INQUIRE Duanes Depressed Larry McMurtry 1999 HC/DJ 1st Ed. Humor Western Drama Hisorical. Fic - R15 Funny, sad, full of wonderful characters and the word-perfect dialogue of which he is the master, McMurtry brings the Thalia saga to an end with Duane confronting depression in the midst of plenty. Surrounded by his children, who all seem to be going through life crises involving sex, drugs, and violence; his wife, Karla, who is wrestling with her own demons; and friends like Sonny, who seem to be dying, Duane can't seem to make sense of his life anymore. He gradually makes his way through a protracted end-of-life crisis of which he is finally cured by reading Proust's Remembrance of Things Past , a combination of penance, and prescription from Dr. Carmichael that somehow works. Duane's Depressed is the work of a powerful, mature artist, with a deep understanding of the human condition, a profound ability to write about small-town life, and perhaps the surest touch of any American novelist for the tangled feelings that bind and separate men and women. Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). He was also a prominent book collector and bookseller. His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and co-writer Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014, McMurtry received the National Humanities Medal. In Tracy Daugherty's 2023 biography of McMurtry, the biographer quotes critic Dave Hickey as saying about McMurtry: "Larry is a writer, and it's kind of like being a critter. If you leave a cow alone, he'll eat grass. If you leave Larry alone, he'll write books. When he's in public, he may say hello and goodbye, but otherwise he is just resting, getting ready to go write." Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.5" x 1.25" Light rubbing/roughing/tear on dj (see pics) Thanks For Viewing :) ..ooOO PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SHIPPING DISCOUNTS OOoo.. * INSURANCE (OPTIONAL) PLEASE INQUIRE * _gsrx_vers_1664 (GS 9.8a5 (1664))
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Author: Larry McMurtry
Book Title: Duanes Depressed
Language: English
Topic: Comedies, Western, Dramas
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Historical Fic, Humor, Contemporary, Drama
Publication Year: 1999
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Novel
Narrative Type: Fiction
Edition: First Edition
Intended Audience: Adults
Vintage: Yes
Personalized: No
Illustrator: Various
Number of Pages: 427
ISBN 13: N/A
ISBN 10: 068485497X
Library of Congress: 9845712
Printing: First