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Episode 134: Novelist Spotlight #134: Larry McMurtry, the ‘unknowable’ novelist, is brought to life in Tracy Daugherty's new biography
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In the spotlight is famed novelist Larry McMurtry and biographer, Tracy Daugherty, author of “Larry McMurtry: A Life,” the first comprehensive biography of the novelist, who authored 40 books, including many hit novels such as “The Last Picture Show,” “The Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove.” Daugherty's bio of McMurtry hit the cover of the New York Times Book Review where critic Dwight Garner described the book as “vastly entertaining.”
We discuss:
>> His rambling lifestyle
>> Romances that included Cybil Shepard and Diane Keaton
>> Screenwriting and Academy Award
>> Workmanlike writing regimen
>> Friends such as Ken Kesey, Susan Sontag and Swifty Lazar
>> The massive rare-book collection and business
>> Etc.
Learn more about Larry McMurtry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry
Learn more about Tracy Daugherty here: https://tracydaugherty.com/
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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