Texasville (novel)

Texasville
AuthorLarry McMurtry
LanguageEnglish
Set inThalia, Texas
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUSA
Preceded byThe Last Picture Show 
Followed byDuane's Depressed 

Texasville is a 1987 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to his earlier The Last Picture Show and features several of the same characters a number of years later.[1]

The novel was filmed in 1988.

There were three more sequels: Duane's Depressed, When the Light Goes and Rhino Ranch: A Novel. 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."[2]

McMurtry wrote "it centered on the famous oil boom of the 70s, which described the excesses of human folly as I witnessed them in Archer City and the homes of my siblings as the irresistible notion of riches came to race through and desiccate the town, all despite that the history of booms is well known. "[3] He added, "I thought the whole bust to boom and back to bust was hilarious and so described it in Texasville. I don’t think it’s much of a novel."[4]

However, McMurtry said "The book did fairly well, mainly because it came close on the heels of Lonesome Dove."[5]

  1. ^ Prewitt, Taylor (July 24, 2020). "Texas Monthly Recommends: Larry McMurtry's 'Texasville'". Texas Monthly.
  2. ^ McMutry, 2009, p 167
  3. ^ McMutry, 2010, p 72
  4. ^ McMutry, 2010, p 73
  5. ^ McMurtry 2009 p 106