Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry [1984 TRADE PAPERBACK] • Penguin

Horseman Pass By Larry McMurtry

VINTAGE TRADE PAPERBACK [1984] PENGUIN BOOKS

Very nice 80's "Penguin Contemporary American Fiction" trade paperback printing of the classic 1961 Western. 

Aside from some tanning, book is clean, tight and seemingly unread! 

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove comes the novel that became the basis for the film Hud, starring Paul Newman.

In classic Western style Larry McMurtry illustrates the timeless conflict between the modernity and the Old West through the eyes of Texas cattlemen.

Horseman, Pass By tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. Caught in the middle is the narrator, Homer's young grandson Lonnie, who is as much drawn to his grandfather’s strength of character as he is to Hud's hedonism and materialism.

When first published in 1961, Horseman, Pass By caused a sensation in Texas literary circles for its stark, realistic portrayal of the struggles of a changing West in the years following World War II. Never before had a writer managed to encapsulate its environment with such unsentimental realism. Today, memorable characters, powerful themes, and illuminating detail make Horseman, Pass By vintage McMurtry.