Long considered to be the brilliant dark horse of literary nonfiction, Pulitzer Prizewinning Larry Mc Murtry delivers a searing and reflective exploration of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his Texas hometown.In 1999, Larry Mc Murtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to her son in her final days, his mother makes a stunning revelation of a previous marriage and sends Mc Murtry on a journey of an entirely different kind. Vividly, movingly, and with infinite care, Mc Murtry paints a portrait of his parents’ marriage against the harsh, violent landscape of West Texas. It is their rootslaced with overtones of hard work, bitter disappointment, and the Puritan ethicthat Mc Murtry challenges by traveling to Tahiti, a land of lush sensuality and easy living. With fascinating detail, shrewd observations, humorous pathos, and unforgettable characters, he begins to answer some of the questions of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his hometown of Archer City, Texas.
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