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Larry McMurtry
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American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936-06-03
- Died
- 2021-03-25
- Works
- 151
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The Last Picture Show
- Anything for Billy
- The Last Kind Words Saloon
- Lonesome Dove
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Film & TV
Writing · Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for…
Known for
- Texas: America Supersized — Self2004
- The Last Picture Show: A Look Back — Self1999
- Picture This — Self1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 174
- Total plays
- 2,462
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 67
- Cited by
- 140
Research areas
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint
· 1988 · cited 16,708x
- New Guidelines to Evaluate the Response to Treatment in Solid Tumors
· 2000 · cited 13,419x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,802x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,248x
- Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
· 2009 · cited 9,603x
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Quotes
- “A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.”
- “"It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums."”
- “"We choose our lovers for their flaws, you know," Mel said. "People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about."”
- “"Pat, did they get you for the embezzling?" Harmony asked.”
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