![]() ![]() LIMBONG: McMurtry told WHYY's Fresh Air in 1995 that while the myth of the cowboy held a lot of power, it was just that - a myth. You like money even less than you like fun, if that's possible. ROBERT DUVALL: (As Augustus "Gus" McCrae) What are you talking about? You don't even like money. There wasn't nothing about fun in the deal. ![]() Call) We come to this place to make money. It was turned into a miniseries in 1989 starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation.ĪNDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Larry McMurtry's big, Pulitzer Prize-winning book 1985's "Lonesome Dove" followed retired Texas Rangers at the end of the 1800s. Many of his books were adapted into movies - "The Last Picture Show," "Terms Of Endearment," "Texasville." He also co-adapted the screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain." McMurtry died last night of heart failure. He wrote unsentimental depictions of people facing a changing world. Stories about the American West are often over-romantic tales of big skies and cowboys - not Larry McMurtry's. ![]()
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