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Charles Portis, author of true grit, died yesterday at the age of 86
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/obituaries/charles-portis-dead.amp.html

>> No.14749299

>>14749254
Fine book.
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The Dog of the South was a lot of fun.

>> No.14749355

>>14749316
my man

>> No.14749367

Norm Macdonald had a nice tweet about him.
I’m too retarded to figure out how to phone post an image of a tweet though.

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>>14749367

>> No.14749904

>>14749465
Thanks anon.

>> No.14749921

>>14749254
Twice McCarthy's talent. He'll get his due

>> No.14750700

>it takes /lit/ 48 hours to finally make a thread about one of the greatest American authors dying

>> No.14750866

>>14750700
that's a typically /lit/ thing, anon
one's nose in a book preempts its being directed at a screen
Nonetheless RIP Charles Portis
Loved True Grit as a child and when I reread it a few summers back before watching the movie remake.

>> No.14750966

>>14749254
Only read True Grit but I’ll have to give Dog of the South a look, comic novels are so challenging to get right

>> No.14752065

>>14750700
Too busy memeing Jordan Peterson death threads