![]() Duane, now in his late 60s, is a prosperous and retired widower, lonely in his hometown of Thalia, Tex. McMurtry ends the west Texas saga of Duane Moore, begun in 1966 with The Last Picture Show, with a top-shelf blend of wit and insight, sharply defined characters and to-the-point prose. Rhino Ranch is a bittersweet and fitting end to this iconic series, a tribute to all of the emotion, hilarity, whimsy, and poignancy that readers have followed across decades. In the midst of a world to which he no longer belongs, in a town in which the land that used to reap oil now serves as a nature preserve, he watches the world change around him and begins to reflect on love affairs past and the missed opportunities he now regrets. ![]() Slater, a stubborn, tough, quirky billionairess, who also happens to have opened the Rhino Ranch-a preserve to save the black Rhino-on her property. Returning home to recover, Duane finds a new neighbor, K.K. Now, coming back from a near-fatal heart attack, it is nearly unrecognizable to him. By the end of When the Light Goes, Duane was already realizing how different his dusty old oil patch was becoming. The town of Thalia, Texas has changed forever. In his signature his elegiac prose, Rhino Ranch finds Larry McMurtry bidding a final farewell to his multi-book hero, Duane Moore, and the rapidly changing town of Thalia, Texas. ![]()
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