Though Charles Portis is best known for his fiction writing, he is also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter. Collected here in "Escape Velocity," edited by Jay Jennings, is his "miscellany" -- journalism, short fiction, memoir, and even the play "Delray's New Moon," published [...]

Collected here in Escape Velocity is Charles Portis's 'miscellany' - journalism, short fiction, memoir and even the play Delray's New Moon, published for the first time. Portis covers topics as varied as the civil rights movement, road tripping in Baja and Elvis's visits to his ageing mother. Fans[...]

Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romant[...]

There is no knowing what lies in a man's heart. On a trip to buy ponies, Frank Ross is killed by one of his own workers. Tom Chaney shoots him down in the street for a horse, $150 cash, and two Californian gold pieces. Ross's unusually mature and single-minded fourteen-year-old daughter Mattie trave[...]

Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost comic writers. "True Grit" is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne and now the film by the Coen brothers starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon.

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True Grit publicerades för första gången 1968 och har blivit förlaga till två filmer klassikern från 1969 med John Wayne i huvudrollen, och nu bröderna Coens filmatisering med Oscarsvinnaren Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon och Josh Brolin i huvudrollerna.


True Grit [...]

True Grit publicerades för första gången 1968 och har blivit förlaga till två filmer klassikern från 1969 med John Wayne i huvudrollen, och nu bröderna Coens filmatisering med Oscarsvinnaren Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon och Josh Brolin i huvudrollerna. True Grit är berättelsen[...]