Larry McMurtry: Man of the West
About this episode
David Streitfeld joins to discuss his book on Larry McMurtry and the impact of his works on the perception of the American West.
On this week’s episode, I’m very pleased to be joined by David Streitfeld to discuss his new book, Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry . Amongst the topics discussed: McMurtry’s obsession with book buying and selling; how his books and the films they were made from helped shape the view of the west; and why Lonesome Dove —both the book and the miniseries—endures more than 40 years later. From The Last Picture Show to Brokeback Mountain , McMurtry rests alongside Cormac McCarthy one of the great modern voices of the American west.
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