Title: Tiresome
Product review: I felt like a hamster on a flywheel reading this book. It had no beginning, no end, no character development, no story arc, no conflict--nothing that might make a reader want to turn the page. What there is is a lot of mind-numbing conversation between the main characters about sex. Most of the main characters from The Last Picture Show are there, but just barely. The book is really about Duane Moore, the good buddy of Sonny who used to be in love with Jacy. Sonny is almost nowhere to be seen in the book. Duane's wife Karla and long lost love Jacy seem to be placed there just to berate him at every turn about every aspect of his life, including his failing business. He accepts it all by eating humble pie at every turn, aw-shucking laconic answers to the point of tiredness and repetition. The book is set and written in the late '80's but feels very dated. McMurtry is a great writer--Lonesome Dove, The Berrybender stories--but this one you must skip.
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