Uncovering the Untold Mysteries Behind Larry McMurtry’s Legendary Life in ‘Western Star’
Though I enjoy the deeper look at the three books-become-films, the digressions sometimes eclipse Larry McMurtry himself. Streitfeld digs into McMurtry’s relationships, especially with women, giving enough information to make me wonder, like a hungry gossip, about the nature of those relationships, but not enough for me to understand them. I come away from the book with a better understanding of Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt’s marriage and divorce than I have of Larry and Jo McMurtry’s. Streitfeld is equally vague about other personal details of McMurtry’s life, like his second marriage to Faye Kesey or his battle with depression.
