Description
In the final chapter of Larry McMurtry’s Archer City trilogy, Duane Moore faces the bewildering changes of old age, widowhood, and a hometown that no longer feels entirely familiar. With his children scattered, his friends fading, and his once-settled life disrupted, Duane retreats to a simpler existence while embarking on unexpected journeys and reconsidering what remains meaningful. Set against the changing landscape of small-town Texas, the novel explores family tensions, friendship, cultural transformation, mortality, and the stubborn resilience of the human spirit. Wry, poignant, and deeply observant, it offers a reflective portrait of a man learning to live beyond the life he once knew.
Available Editions
paperback
Simon & Schuster
Published Mar 18, 2008
208 pages
ISBN: 9781416534273
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Details
First Published
2007
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for When the Light Goes by Larry McMurtry.