Larry McMurtry, The Desert Rose, 1983Read about another entry on the list.When she turned off the pavement onto the bumpy dirt road Harmony looked back at the Strip, eight miles away. It looked so miniature, like a wonderful toy place, with all the lights still on … It was one of her favourite things, to turn onto her own road with the air smelling so good and be able to see the Strip, with the Trop up at one end and the Sahara at the other, and besides that have the sun coming up just as she got home. With sights like that to see every day, who could complain?From the Pulitzer-prize winning author comes the compelling story of Harmony, an ageing Las Vegas showgirl, in a novel that is both tough and tender.
--Marshal Zeringue
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