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Some Can Whistle (Paperback)

by Larry McMurtry (Author)
Key Phrases: Fran�oise Dorl�ac, Earl Dee, Granny Lin, Fort Worth (more...)

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At 51, fat, lonely and rich Danny Deck (from All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers ) is contacted by his 22-year-old daughter, whom he last saw on the night of her birth. PW was disappointed with McMurtry's performance: "Full of events that defy credibility, and peopled with characters whose relentless eccentricities are not remotely appealing, the novel further suffers from rampant sentimentality."
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Playboy McMurtry has a gift for probing the poignant depths of parent-child relationships, and the emotional roller-coaster ride of this love affair between father and daughter is a moving, hilarious delight. -- Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

Paperback: 10 pages
Publisher: Pocket (September 1, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671722131
ISBN-13: 978-0671722135
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mc Murtry's haunting story, December 8, 2000

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It is easy to see in reviewing the reviews, that people either love or hate this book. It is a short book which treats itself as unimportant until it reminds us to live life. It is like "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in that it teaches us that the essence of your life can be defined by a very short period of time. This can be a very moving book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars No Spoilers!, June 15, 2000

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You people are incredibly rude! Please don't tell the ending of the story in the review. If you haven't read the book, don't read the reviews from Laura or Paul. Could you be more rude?

By the way, I loved the book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Consider the turns life takes, December 19, 2001

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I love this book. Danny Deck's journey from a self-involved recluse to the walking wounded is both funny and tragic. Just as in real life, Danny's life changes forever in the course of a phone call. T. R. and the cast of characters that draw Danny back into the land of the living for an all too brief time are unforgetable. I sometimes find myself thinking of this story, partly because something similar happened to me. But I also think of this story when I realize yet again that life short and can turn on a dime. Danny's story is universal, although few of us a gazillioniares. Love, loss and the journey not taken is something everyone, in one way or another, can relate to. This book will make you think.

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3.0 out of 5 stars McMurtry knows how to write...
...but unfortunately he doesn't always know what to with the plot. This is a very well-written and entertaining book, but the protagonist goes from beginning to end letting things... Read more

Published on August 30, 2004 by JAMES D MEANS

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre.
I loved Texasville, and couldn't finish Terms of Endearment. Unfortunately, "Some Can Whistle" is closer to Terms of Endearment, although I can take the main character, Danny... Read more

Published on October 5, 2003 by algo41

3.0 out of 5 stars Whatever Happened to Danny Deck?
Ever since I read "All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers," I wondered what became of Danny Deck. Come to find out that Deck is alive, though not particularly well. Read more

Published on June 4, 2001 by Miriam

2.0 out of 5 stars A Cheat
McMurtry never backs away from being a brutal narrator when he has to be -- death stalks many of his books from Horseman Pass By to Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo and Duane's... Read more

Published on March 9, 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars The only book that I could put down of Mr Mcmurtry's
This book I found the characters leaving a bad taste in my mouth. There is only one scene I found endering. I found All My Friends... enjoyable. But not this one. Read more

Published on January 7, 2000 by D. Carlson

1.0 out of 5 stars I was extremely dissappointed
Some can whistle was from beginning to end, depressing beyond words. Usually, even with books that are inately sad there is some culmination or resolution of events, there is... Read more

Published on November 28, 1999 by Laura Hoening

2.0 out of 5 stars A gift for words with a preposterous plot.
Although this is the first of McMurtry's books I have read, his name is familiar through films made from his books. Read more

Published on September 3, 1999 by Paul A. Dunphy

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage McMurtry
This is a classic Larry McMurtry/non Lonesome Dove book. McMurty is, in my opinion, the best character author of all time. Read more

Published on February 1, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars McMurtry's best
It's really hard to put in to words what "Some Can Whistle" does to you. You feel so sorry, you ache for happiness for all of them, and you can't put it down. Read more

Published on June 19, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars hilariously funny and tragic
What an imagination this man has! How in the world does he inhabit old men and young women and gay professor brains all at the same time? Read more

Published on June 12, 1998

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