Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry / Author, William Grose / Editor Pocket Books $
At 51, fat, lonely and rich Danny Deck (from All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers ) is contacted by his 22-year-old daughter, whom he last saw on the night of her birth. PW was disappointed with McMurtry's performance: ``Full of events that defy credibility, and peopled with characters whose relentless eccentricities are not remotely appealing, the novel further suffers from rampant sentimentality.'' (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/29/1990
Genre: Fiction