This is one Of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a small, dusty Texas town, it introduces jacy, duane and sonny, teenagers stumbling towards adulthood, discovering the beg...This is one Of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a small, dusty Texas town, it introduces jacy, duane and sonny, teenagers stumbling towards adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love.