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What was Larry McMurtry's first published novel?

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  • Horseman, Pass By

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Horseman, Pass By, published in 1961, was Larry McMurtry's debut novel and a substantial beginning to his prolific career as a writer of Western-themed and critically acclaimed novels, essays, and screenplays. The novel tells the story of Hud Bannon, a self-destructive Texas rancher who represents a clash of old and new values in the rapidly changing American West.
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