The Last Picture Show (novel)

The Last Picture Show
AuthorLarry McMurtry
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThalia: A Texas Trilogy/Duane Moore series
GenreComing-of-age story
PublishedNovember 1966
PublisherThe Dial Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages215 (first edition)
ISBN0891908897
OCLC291926
Preceded byLeaving Cheyenne 
Followed byTexasville 

The Last Picture Show is a coming-of-age novel by Larry McMurtry published in 1966. Set in the small fictional town of Thalia, Texas in the early 1950s, the novel explores the lives of a group of teenagers as they navigate the complexities of adolescence, love, and the decline of their hometown.