By the late Texas writer, Larry L. King, author of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and other works. King was also one of the great writers Willie Morris added to the Harper's Magazine group in the late 1960s. With a foreword by Edwin Shrake. Drawings by Paul Rigby.
Best known as coauthor of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Larry L. King as both essayist and playwright consistently demonstrates an uncanny ability to use Texas settings and characters successfully to explore universal themes. Author of five plays, one novel, and eleven nonfiction books (including Larry L. King: A Writer’s Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye, TCU Press), King has won numerous awards for his writing, held a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, and has taught at the university level.