Danny Deck, a promising young writer, is rapidly losing touch with everything that fostered his talent. He drifts from his native Texas to California and back, falling in love, looking for people to hold onto and for a place to settle down.
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"Southwestern American Literature" Richly suggestive. "All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers" is a document for our times.
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McMurtry has published 21 novels (the best-known listed above). He also operates antiquarian bookshops in Washington DC, Texas and Arizona.
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I think I fell in love with Sally while she was eating breakfast, the first morning we were together. Read the first page
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If you're at a loose end then this mostly funny book will entertain. It has a drifting quality that makes for a relaxing read and once you get into the swing then it's pretty funny to. The characters are enjoyable and believable and the narrative style had me hooked from start to finish. I've only recently discovered McMurtry and am amazed at his range of work, Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove, the Last Picture Show etc I'm slowly working my way through his stuff and find them reliably soothing between less digestible fiction.
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I bought this book after reading the first two pages in the bookstore... I was hooked. I thought I was in store for another hilarious, vivid, and relevent McMurtry great. Instead, after about fifty pages I realized that it was simply a silly sex fest. The main charachter's woes are not a result of the impossibility of having a normal life and relationship while being an artist -- no, his problems come from marrying stupidly and being a male slut. He even chooses child molesters as his friends. His final, rapid decline is a direct result of his sleeping with every woman who wanders into the story ... including his best friend's wife. This has nothing to do with being an artist. McMurtry has written much, much better. Try Texasville.
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I was hoping for more of that "laugh-out-loud" type of humor that "Texasville" was so filled with, but not this time. This one was interesting, but sad.
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Excellent!!!
This has to be one of the best books I have ever read. I started this book and I did not want to put it down, nore did I want it to finish. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2007 by H. Copely
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This one will get you rolling!
This is a fun one, especially on audio tape. The dialogue is hilarious, and you get involved in the pitifulness of the main character. Buy it!!
Published on 19 Jun 1998
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As good as anything written today, probably better
Early McMurtry, 1971, I believe, and the first of his books I ever read. Funny, incredibly funny, I laughed out loud over and over, and then really very sad. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 1998
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You can't go wrong. If you are smart and have a sense of humor - you will love this book. It's the story of Danny Deck. Don't read the sequel - "Some Can Whistle". Read more
Published on 10 April 1998
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