Finally! McMurtry's long-awaited conclusion to The Last Picture Show and Texasville. Peopled with their funny, sad, and wonderful characters, Duane's Depressed follows those who have survived into their twilight years. This is the work of a powerful, mature artist with a deep understanding of the human condition. Utterly unsentimental, often hilarious, sometimes tragic and shocking, and yet full of hope, Duane's Depressed is one of McMurtry's strongest novels ever, a major work by any standard.
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Finally! McMurtry's long-awaited conclusion to The Last Picture Show and Texasville. Peopled with their funny, sad, and wonderful characters, Duane's Depressed follows those who have survived into their twilight years. This is the work of a powerful, mature artist with a deep understanding of the human condition. Utterly unsentimental, often hilarious, sometimes tragic and shocking, and yet full of hope, Duane's Depressed is one of McMurtry's strongest novels ever, a major work by any standard.
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The 2nd best book of the "The Last Picture Show" pentology, right up there next to the first book itself. (Some reviewers call it a trilogy, but it's five books total, "The Last Picture Show," plus four continuing sequels--Texasville, Duane's Depressed, When the Light Goes, and Rhino Ranch..)
You gotta read them all! In that order.
derb19
May 28, 2009
GREAT READ!!!!!
I AM AN AVID READER AND OFTEN DISAPPOINTED WITH BOOKS I RESERVE AND/OR PURCHASE, HOWEVER, 'DUANE'S DEPRESSED' CHANGED ALL THAT...I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!I READ IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND I AM NOW PLANNING ON READING IT AGAIN...WHICH I NEVER DO...IT IS FILLED WITH COLORFUL, TRUE-TO-LIFE CHARACTERS, A GREAT STORY LINE AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE END YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO GO ON FOREVER.
