{"product_id":"all-my-friends-are-going-to-be-strangers-9781631493577","title":"All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers","description":"Hailed as one of \"the best novels ever set in America's fourth largest city\" (Douglas Brinkley, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eAll My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful demonstration of Larry McMurtry's \"comic genius, his ability to render a sense of landscape, and interior intellection tension\" (Jim Harrison, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e). Desperate to break from the \"mundane happiness\" of Houston, budding writer Danny Deck hops in his car, \"El Chevy,\" bound for the West Coast on a road trip filled with broken hearts and bleak realities of the artistic life. A cast of unforgettable characters joins the naive troubadour's pilgrimage to California and back to Texas, including a cruel, long-legged beauty; an appealing screenwriter; a randy college professor; and a genuine if painfully \"normal\" friend. Since the novel's publication in 1972, Danny Deck has \"been far more successful at getting loved by readers than he ever was at getting loved by the women in his life\" (McMurtry), a testament to the author's incomparable talent for capturing the essential tragicomedy of the human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcMurtry, Larry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLarry McMurtry\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and avid bookseller and collector, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay of \u003cem\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e with cowriter Diana Ossana. Awarded in 2014 the National Humanities Medal for his body of work, his novels include \u003cem\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/em\u003e and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Kind Words Saloon\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Archer City, Texas.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608399384850,"sku":"9781631493577","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5199a343-8cc2-41db-b03a-3f41e04500e7.jpg?v=1732320900","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-my-friends-are-going-to-be-strangers-9781631493577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}