| Author | Larry McMurtry |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Preceded by | Duane's Depressed |
| Followed by | Rhino Ranch |
When the Light Goes is a 2007 American novel by Larry McMurtry.[1]
It is the fourth in a series of novels about Duane Moore from The Last Picture Show. McMurtry wrote the last two novels in the series "are about the coming of age. "[2]
McMurtry later wrote, " I never thought of Duane as me. Except for a handful of passages — the chapters in Duane’s Depressed that describe his depression — the books aren’t autobiographical. He doesn’t know what I know, despite having been forced by his analyst to read Proust."[3]