with texasville larry mcmurtry returns to the unforgettable texas town and characters of one of his bestloved books the last picture show this is a texassized story brimming with home truths of the heart and men and women we recognize believe in and care about deeply set in the postoilboom 1980s texasville brings us up to date with duane whos got an adoring dog a sassy wife a twelvemilliondollar debt and a hot tub by the pool jacy whos finished playing jungla in italian movies and whos returned to thalia and sonny duanes teenage rival for jacys affections who owns the car wash the kwiksackstore and the video arcade one of larry mcmurtrys funniest and most touching contemporary novels