MCMURTRY, Larry.

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In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas. First edition, first printing, in the corrected state, inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Lee, Nobody knows the truth about this book - Larry". McMurtry perhaps refers to industry confusion about how many uncorrected first printings of the book were in circulation. Some estimates are as low as 12-15, but the real number is probably much higher.In a Narrow Grave was McMurtry's first non-fiction book. In the preface, he writes "I can never be quite sure whether home is a place or a form: the novel, or Texas. In daily life the two become crucially but vaguely related... One of the purposes of these essays is to investigate that relation" (p. ix).

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