So, despite my having half a dozen unread books on my shelf, I marched my behind to the library, got a library card, and checked out Tex and The Last Picture Show.
The Last Picture Show was an alright read - having seen the movie a couple of times, I braced myself for the vulgarity - but it was surprisingly less obvious in the book. And there was a lot of humor in it that I think the film missed, and so much more explanation of the characters' actions that I actually understood bits that I'd been left wondering about. For those unfamiliar with it, it is a self-described "coming of age" story in a small town in Texas. I have begun to realize that anything that has "coming of age" in its description is code for: there is a lot of messing around.....I must have missed that part of my teen years 
