In A Narrow Grave Essays On Texas Author:Larry McMurtry Native Son Larry McMurtry takes apart Texas with all the skill and sadness of a master surgeon performing a post portem on his Mother. A.C. Greene — In this remarkable, witty and astute book, McMurtry casts a realistic and disenchanged eye over the legends and realities of his native Texas, puncturing the myths of that grandiosely mythical state... more » and capturing its essental spirit, from the harsh and lonely life of the real cowboys to the violent and ebullient ethos of its big cities. Whether writing about the Texan attitude toward sex, or that Taj Mahal of boosterism, the Astrodome, he writes with an acute gift for observation, a perfect grasp of the unexpected detail and a real, if baffled, love for his giant and frenetic subject.« less