{"product_id":"literary-life-a-second-memoir-9781439159941","title":"Literary Life: A Second Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry follows up his memoir \u003ci\u003eBooks \u003c\/i\u003ewith this engrossing and deeply personal reflection on the life of a writer. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLarry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In \u003ci\u003eLiterary Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to\u003ci\u003e Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bestselling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. It is a work to be cherished not only by McMurtry's admirers, but by the innumerable aspiring writers who seek to make their own mark on American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504489304338,"sku":"9781439159941","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06d7b53c-6f94-42df-bd11-2b30861b9802.jpg?v=1730820704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/literary-life-a-second-memoir-9781439159941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}