Title: Larry's Depressed
Product review: Seems McMurtry, after producing some ponderous epics, like Lonesome Dove, has declined to penning quick, non-fiction little tomes to gin a few bucks for his wallet. Don't get me wrong, McMurtry is one of my favorite authors, but Driving America and his biography of Crazy Horse, just don't come up to his earlier standards. Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen nearly slips into the catetory with Driving and Crazy, and only some frequent good passages helps McMurty keep his nose above the water line. Driving and Crazy Horse are thin soup for the price. I thought McMurty's Driving would be a great sequel to Michael Paterniti's Driving Mr. Albert. Not so. Paterniti drives a five-speed stick with 300 horsepower by comparision.
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