A BOOK REVIEW REVIEW — by Steve Nadis
I’m a big fan of Larry McMurtry and have enjoyed many of his books. TEXASVILLE, a sequel to THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, was not one of them. Nevertheless, I got a big kick out of a Boston Globe review last Sunday of McMurtry’s latest, WHEN THE LIGHT GOES, which continues the saga started in “Last Picture Show” many decades ago. The reviewer, Amanda Heller, wrote: “It’s time to cut a deal with Larry McMurtry. If we concede there is sex after 50, 60, whatever, then he has to stop writing increasingly embarrassing novels belaboring the point.” Since I can’t improve upon Heller’s comments, I’m going to leave well enough alone. For once.
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at
05:43:58
There IS sex after 50?! Why didn’t I get the memo?
a bit confused…if Texasville was the sequel, then how did When the Light Goes “continue the saga”? (Was it simpy a screen adaption of T’ville?)
The new book, MP, focuses on the Duane character introduced in The Last Picture Show and followed up on in Texasville. And yes, Gatemouth, evidently there is sex after 50. Or at least that was the premise of a newsletter called “Sex after 50,” though I don’t know if it’s still in existence. And if it’s not still in existence, I don’t know what that means.