Description
Years after the events of *The Last Picture Show*, Duane Moore is a middle-aged oilman watching his fortune—and the small Texas town that made it—collapse in the wake of the oil bust. As he struggles with financial uncertainty, family turmoil, an unconventional marriage, and the approach of Thalia’s bicentennial celebration, old relationships and familiar faces return to unsettle the town’s fragile balance. With wry humor and keen social observation, the novel explores the excesses of boom-and-bust economics, the persistence of small-town mythology, and the changing roles of men and women. Beneath its comedy lies a portrait of aging, desire, and a community forced to reckon with the consequences of its dreams.
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hardcover
Simon & Schuster
Published Apr 15, 1987
542 pages
ISBN: 9780671625337
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Details
First Published
1987
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Texasville by Larry McMurtry.