Loop Group: A Novel

Loop Group: A Novel

Loop Group is Larry McMurtry at his contemporary best, a novel that can best be described as Thelma and Louise meets Terms of Endearment, in which two aging ladies set out on a road trip that will take them from Hollywood to Texas, with many adventures on the way.

In perhaps his finest contemporary novel since Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry, with his miraculously sure touch at creating instantly recognizable women characters and his equally miraculous sharp eye for the absurdities of everyday life in the modern West, writes about two women, old friends, who set off on an adventureâ€”with unpredictable and sometimes hilarious results.

As Loop Group opens, we meet Maggie, whose three grown-up daughters have arrived at her Hollywood home to try and make her see sense about her busy life, a life that intersects with lots of interestingâ€”all right, bizarreâ€”people. Her daughters push her into having a few second thoughts about it, and these are reinforced when her best friend, Connie, seeks an escape from her own world of complex and difficult relationships with men. Maggie conceives the idea of driving to visit her Aunt Cooneyâ€™s ranch near Electric City, Texas, and the two women prepare for the trip by buying a .38 Special revolver (which leads to unexpected trouble along the way). This road trip will end by changing their lives.

Alternately hilariously funny and profoundly sadâ€”even tragicâ€”Loop Group is a major Larry McMurtry novel and a joy to read.

Country	USA
Author	Larry McMurtry
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Simon n Schuster
EAN	9780743250955
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0743250958
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2005-12-05
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2005-12-05
Studio	Simon & Schuster

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