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rsdsharp

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7. I'm reading The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:05 PM

Dec 7

It’s a tongue in cheek western featuring Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Charles Goodnight, among others. I’m not sure where it’s going, and that may well be the point.

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