Paradise (McMurtry book)

Paradise
Title page for Paradise (2001)
AuthorLarry McMurtry
LanguageEnglish
Genrememoir
Published2001
Publication placeUSA
Preceded byRoads: Driving America's Great Highways 

Paradise is a 2001 book by Larry McMurtry, a travel book and memoir about a trip McMurtry took to the South Seas in 1999. This make it rare in McMutry's career, as he usually focused on Texas. It was McMurtry's third memoir.[1]

Reception

The Austin Chronicle wrote "this book is less interesting as a travel book than as another entry into the McMurtry memory project brought on after the unease produced by his heart bypass surgery in the early 1990s."[2]

The New York Times called it "light book, at once sardonic, wise and insightful."[1]

Kirkus wrote "this is likely to disappoint loyal McMurtry fans."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Vernon, John (10 June 2001). "Lonesome Son". New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ Busby, Mark (13 July 2001). "Paradise". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ Review of Paradise at Kirkus