Larry Curnutt

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read anyway. (Groucho Marx)

Five of My Favorite Novels

• Catch-22
  by Joseph Heller

• Lonesome Dove
  by Larry McMurtry

• A River Runs Through It
  by Norman Maclean

• The Brothers K
  by David James Duncan

• Dancing at the Rascal Fair
  by Ivan Doig

Some other contemporary writers I follow

James Lee Burke, Pat Conroy, Robert Crais, Carl Hiaasen, Tony Hillerman, John Irving, Robert Parker, Anne Tyler