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The Treasure Hunter Michael Dirda review of McMurtry's Books: A Memoir from The New York Review of Books; Larry McMurtry screenplays, 1979–1988 and undated, in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University; Guide to the Larry McMurtry and Diana Osanna Papers, 1890–2004, in the Woodson Research Center at Rice ...
Books: A Memoir is a 2008 memoir by Larry McMurtry. It focuses on his love of books and his experiences as a book buyer and seller. [1] [2] Kirkus called it "A pleasant amble in Bookland and a treat for the bookishly inclined, as well as for McMurtry buffs." [3] Writing for The New York Times, James Campbell wrote that the book reads like notes ...
Anything for Billy is a 1988 American novel by Larry McMurtry about Billy the Kid. It was one of a series of what McMutry called his "frontier yarns", others including Boone's Lick and Buffalo Girls. He said Anything for Billy was a parody of dime novels. [1]
Ken Elton Kesey (/ ˈ k iː z iː /; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus. [1] The story involves an Oregon family of gyppo loggers who cut trees for a local mill in opposition to unionized workers who are on strike. Kesey took the title from the song "Goodnight, Irene", popularized by Lead ...
Kesey's Garage Sale is a collection of essays and other writings by Ken Kesey, published in 1973. [1] The book features the play "Over the Border" which is based on the time Kesey spent hiding in Mexico from drug charges in the United States.
Demon Box is a 1986 collection of works by Ken Kesey. The book includes nonfiction and fiction short stories as well as some of Kesey's essays. [1] Background
Sailor Song is a 1992 novel written by Ken Kesey.The only work of long fiction solely written by Kesey after Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), Sailor Song depicts the lives of the residents of Kuinak, a small town in Alaska, thirty years in the future – the 2020s.