more Oscar: McMurtry gives used book shout-out

Not many people outside the business know it, but he owns a vast used book store in the town he used as the setting for Last Picture Show.

That article articulates some of the things I like about the business....it really is like panning for gold, you sift through an incredible load of shite to get a couple of decent books, you sift through an incredible load of decent books to get a couple of really nice once, and you sift an incredible load of really nice books to get one FANTASTIC book.