When the Light Goes
Larry McMurtry
2007 · Simon & Schuster · 195 pages
City and town life in fictionOlder menOlder men in fictionTexas in fictionFiction
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Widower Duane Moore returns to west Texas, where he finds the family oil business significantly altered by new personnel, evolving family dynamics, and his own perspective changes.
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Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.
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