Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
I read Larry McMurtry’s new book, Books: A Memoir, last week and a review is now on the AbeBooks.com homepage. If you are a bookseller, a book collector or just a bibliophile then I’ll think you will enjoy it. The memoir barely touches on McMurtry’s writing (Lonesome Dove, Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment etc) and simply concerns his life as a used bookseller. He’s been a book scout, a used bookstore employee, and a used bookstore owner. He’s got to know almost everyone in the used book business, crossed the Atlantic looking for books, and is still handling the incoming books at his Archer City bookstore in Texas. It’s an excellent read.
