Larry McMurtry - Anything for Billy

Pros: The REAL west!

Cons: Too short...I wanted MORE!

Review: Anything For Billy is one of the finest books I've ever read, portraying the "real" American west. Full of characters, both real and from McMurtry's prodigious imagination, this makes John Wayne look like the posturing poseur he was. Want history? ...

Pros: Short chapters make this easy to read in fits and starts.

Cons: Just interesting enough.

The Bottom Line: Anything for Billy presents a Billy Bone that I had not known. A simple read that doesn't require a lot of concentration - a good "pick-it-up" and "put-it-down" book.

Review: Mrs. G and I just returned from a week with her extended family. There were almost 40 of us in two houses at Sunset Beach, NC. [We made for an eclectic group ranging from our 89-year old matriarch to her newest 3 1/2 month old great grandchild.] As it...