{"product_id":"the-last-picture-show-paperback","title":"The Last Picture Show | Paperback","description":"\u003ch2\u003eComing of Age in a Changing Texas Town\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tender, unsentimental portrait of young lives in a town watching its old certainties disappear.\u003c\/strong\u003e Larry McMurtry's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/em\u003e captures the restlessness of small-town Texas and the complicated passage from adolescence into adulthood. First published in 1966, it remains a defining work of contemporary Western fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Small Town at a Turning Point\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an isolated Texas community, friendships, romantic entanglements, and private disappointments unfold against the slow decline of familiar local institutions. Even the town's movie house struggles to survive. The characters sense the world beyond them changing, but the possibilities of a different life feel as difficult to reach as they are enticing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Modern Western Without the Myth\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcMurtry replaces romanticized frontier legends with \u003cstrong\u003eflawed people, intimate drama, and an unvarnished sense of place\u003c\/strong\u003e. The result is both a coming-of-age novel and an elegy for a disappearing way of life. Readers drawn to Texas literature, mid-century America, and character-driven stories will find much to recognize here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Paperback Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition offers the original novel that inspired the award-winning film adaptation. Its accessible format is ideal for discovering McMurtry's work or revisiting the story behind the screen classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Larry McMurtry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 × 8.1 × 5.4 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The MAG Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929801752675,"sku":"9781631493591","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/6151\/8691\/files\/OU6KI_l4wr9781631493591.webp?v=1794597077","url":"https:\/\/myamericangoods.com\/products\/the-last-picture-show-paperback","provider":"My American Goods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}