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When the Light Goes

by Larry McMurtry · 2007

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Widower Duane Moore returns to west Texas, where he finds the family oil business significantly altered by new personnel, evolving family dynamics, and his own perspective changes.

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westernwesternMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisTexasTexasMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

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