Cadillac Jack
Author | Larry McMurtry |
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Language | English |
Publication date | 1982 |
Publication place | USA |
Cadillac Jack is a 1982 American novel by Larry McMurtry. He called it his "book about scouting" inspired by his years as a book scout.[1]
McMurtry called it one of his "weakest books" adding it "doesn’t have that many fans either, although John Mellencamp is one positive reader for whom I have great respect."[2]
Reception
The New York Times wrote "every time Mr. McMurtry threatens to get into something like substantive plot or character development, Jack jumps into that dadblamed car and drives off somewhere. The cruising is endless and serves only to connect the short, affectionate, sometimes hilarious vignettes of Americans trading and swapping that give the book its genuine eccentricity."[3]
Kirkus called it "an idle mix of charm, noise, and hoke... far too long... fitfully endearing, and especially disappointing after the textured comedy/drama control of Somebody Darling."[4]
References
Notes
- McMurtry, Larry (2008). Books: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.
- McMurtry, Larry (2009). Literary Life: A Second Memoir. Simon & Schuster.
- McMurtry, Larry (2010). Hollywood. Simon & Schuster.
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- Horseman, Pass By (1961)
- Leaving Cheyenne (1963)
- The Last Picture Show (1966)
- Moving On (1970)
- All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (1972)
- Terms of Endearment (1975)
- Somebody's Darling (1978)
- Cadillac Jack (1982)
- The Desert Rose (1983)
- Lonesome Dove (1985)
- Texasville (1987)
- Anything for Billy (1988)
- Some Can Whistle (1989)
- Buffalo Girls (1990)
- The Evening Star (1992)
- Streets of Laredo (1993)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (1994)
- Dead Man's Walk (1995)
- The Late Child (1995)
- Comanche Moon (1997)
- Zeke and Ned (1997)
- Duane's Depressed (1999)
- Boone's Lick (2000)
- Sin Killer (2002)
- The Wandering Hill (2003)
- By Sorrow's River (2003)
- Folly and Glory (2004)
- Loop Group (2005)
- Telegraph Days (2006)
- When the Light Goes (2007)
- Rhino Ranch: A Novel (2009)
- The Last Kind Words Saloon (2014)
- Crazy Horse: A Life (1999)
- The Colonel and Little Missie (2005)
- Oh What a Slaughter! (2006)
- Custer (2012)
- Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999)
- Roads: Driving America's Great Highways (2000)
- Paradise (2001)
- Books: A Memoir (2008)
- Literary Life: A Second Memoir (2009)
- Hollywood: A Third Memoir (2010)
- In a Narrow Grave (1968)
- Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood (1987)
- Sacagawea's Nickname (2001)
- The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
- Montana (1990)
- Memphis (1992)
- Falling from Grace (1992)
- Streets of Laredo (1995)
- Johnson County War (2002)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Joe Bell (2020)
- Hud (1963)
- The Last Picture Show (1971)
- Lovin' Molly (1974)
- Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Lonesome Dove (1989)
- Texasville (1990)
- Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
- Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994-95)
- Streets of Laredo (1995)
- Buffalo Girls (1995)
- Lonesome Dove: The Series (1995–96)
- Dead Man's Walk (1996)
- The Evening Star (1996)
- Comanche Moon (2008)