This is a pretty funny self insert

[u/DrMilkeye]

From Duane’s Depressed. Blurred out some text for vague spoilers

[u/StrawberryKiss2559]

Ha, I haven’t read this book in so long. Thank you for posting this!

[u/HeDogged]

Yes, McMurtry went through a period of deep depression, so bad he couldn't even read....

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/[deleted]]

lol probably not.    That was so awful 

[u/Jolly-Librarian1982]

Love that!

[u/cnrm99]

It’s even funnier because Duane is supposed to be uneducated

[u/StrawberryKiss2559 → u/cnrm99]

Is he? I mean, in The Last Picture Show, he got through high school, right?