Quote by: Larry McMurtry

WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake—not a very big one. It had probably just been crawling around looking for shade when it ran into the pigs. They were having a fine tug-of-war with it, and its rattling days were over.


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Author Bio


  • NameLarry McMurtry
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter
  • BornJune 3, 1936
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Historian; Author; Novelist; Essayist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Writers Guild Of America Award