The passionate friend dies, decades into their friendship, and the more stoic friend is left to face life alone. They love these men, but sense that the men have a deeper bond which their female lovers can never be a part of the women feel excluded, and resentful of their male rivals. One of them is passionate and sensitive, the other is both more practical, more physical (although both are very physically competent), and has difficulties expressing, and sometimes even admitting to himself, his inner feelings. Two young men begin a lifelong friendship. "Rhino Ranch" is a fitting end to this iconic saga, an emotional, whimsical and bittersweet tribute to the lives of a man and a town that have inspired readers across decades.See if this story, written by Larry McMurtry, sounds familiar. As Duane reflects on all that he and Thalia have been through, he feels adrift in a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand and a stalwart Texas oil town can become home to a nature preserve. Despite their obvious differences, Duane can't help but find himself charmed by K.K.'s stubborn toughness and lively spirit, and the two embark on a flirtation that rapidly veers toward the sexual - but the return of Honor Carmichael complicates Duane's romantic intentions considerably. Slater, a quirky billionairess who's come to Thalia to open the Rhino Ranch, dedicated to the preservation of the endangered black rhinoceros.
Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. In this poignant and striking final chapter in the Duane Moore story, which began in 1966 with "The Last Picture Show," Pulitzer Prize- and Oscar-winning author Larry McMurtry takes readers on one last unforgettable journey to Thalia, Texas, a town that continues to change at a breakneck pace even as Duane feels himself slowing down. In this poignant and striking final chapter in the Duane Moore story, which began in 1966 with "The Last Picture Show," Pulitzer Prize- and Oscar-winning author Larry McMurtry takes readers on one last unforgettable journey to Thalia, Texas, a town t.
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