Now, in Duane’s Depressed, McMurtry brings the Thalia saga to an end with Duane confronting depression in the midst of plenty. In The Last Picture Show and the books that follow, McMurtry has created a cast that has achieved instant recognition, both in print and on the screen Duane and his friend and rival, Sonny, both high school seniors in the small and shrinking oil patch town of Thalia, obsessed with sex and touchingly vulnerable behind a facade of teenage toughness Jacy, the prettiest and richest girl in town, who survives small town teenage sex to become a movie star Ruth Popper, the sadly romantic wife of Coach Popper Jacy’s hell raising mother Karla, who later marries Duane Lester, the high school geek who goes on to become the town banker and eventually does time in prison for writing up inappropriate loans all with a life of their own, as rich and as surprising as only Larry McMurtry could imagine. Set in Thalia, Texas, the small town that McMurtry literally put on the map when he wrote The Last Picture Show and that bears a more than passing resemblance to his own hometown, Archer City, Duane’s Depressed follows those of the characters who have survived into their twilight years. Funny, sad, full of wonderful characters and the word perfect dialogue of which he is the master, Larry McMurtry’s new novel is the final and eagerly awaited volume of the trilogy that now includes The Last Picture Show one of his most acclaimed and beloved novels, Texasville, and Duane’s Depressed.

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