Rhino Ranch

Rhino Ranch is fifth of five books by McMurtry that follow the life story of the character Duane Moore. The books in the series are the following:• The Last Picture Show (1966) • Texasville (1987) • Duane's Depressed (1999) • When The Light Goes (2007) • Rhino Ranch: A Novel (2009)By the time a char......more

Thalia, Texas, has been a fertile field for Larry McMurtry. We’ve been following Duane Moore through thick and thin ever since The Last Picture Show, and it’s been a winning journey. McMurtry has captured the the soul of small-town America in these characters, and though the results have not been u......more

Years ago for my birthday I asked my family to just let me finish reading Lonesome Dove, which they did, and then I regretted it because I missed the characters so greatly. Today, another birthday, my treat was to read McMurtry's latest and I was equally pleased. Duane Moore is in his twilight years......more

We first met Duane Moore, the principal character in Rhino Ranch way back in 1966, in McMurty’s fourth novel, The Last Picture Show. Then Duane was a teenager discovering the mysteries of sex and love. Here Duane is retired and on a downhill run toward the end of his life. And end it does in the fina......more

I keep going back to Larry McMurtry, because I keep hoping he'll snap out of the malaise he sunk into after his heart attack. I feel, with this book, that it's starting to lift. A little.......more