Books: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 1416583343
- ISBN-13
- 9781416583349
- Series
- Books
- Category
- Antiques & Collectibles
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Larry McMurtry
Description
In an intimate and intriguing memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove recounts his lifelong love affair with books, from his largely "bookless" boyhood and discovery of literature as a young man, to the evolution of his writing career and his passion as a book collector who opens bookstores of rare and collectible volumes. 75,000 first printing.
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