5/30/2023 0 Comments Best larry mcmurtry books![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() it is not true historical fiction, but then it never claims to be. I enjoyed my time with it.Īnything For Billy is a fictional account of the final months in the life of Billy The Kid, i.e. “Anything for Billy” is not McMurtry’s masterpiece, but it is a very good book. Also, of note is the novel’s stunning closing image. Having read three of McMurtry’s novels now I am continually amazed at his ability to create full characters with such sparse language. McMurtry’s blunt prose, no elaborate poetry here, just well rendered details, moves the text along. ![]() McMurtry seems to have written the book as a send up of the dime novels of yore, action driven and very short chapters. Through sheer accident he stumbles into the life of Billy Bone, and is with him till the inevitable end that all outlaws must face. Our narrator in this novel is Ben Sippy, a wealthy Philadelphia socialite and writer of dime novels who heads West to escape a disillusioned home life. I have no idea if any of it is rooted in fact, I don’t care, because it works. Literally, a very young man (really a teenager) who is massively insecure, not mentally developed, and possibly manic depressive. With “Anything for Billy” Larry McMurtry has created a depiction of the famous “outlaw” Billy Bone, now known to us as ‘Billy the Kid’, with a strong emphasis on the “kid” aspect of his character. “.a wandering boy one step ahead of his doom.” ![]()
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