RIP Charles Portis

[Inky_Wretch]

A very underrated author and journalist.

Arkansas author Charles Portis, who wrote 'True Grit,' dies at 86

 

[Chef2]

Breathing deep sigh of relief.

 

[playthrough]

I thought the same thing.

 

[Songbird]

What if Radiohead and Portishead had a kid?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The NYT obit for Portis was largely written by Roy Reed - who died in 2017.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/obituaries/charles-portis-dead.html

 

[Liut]

I discovered a used paperback copy of "True Grit" many, many years after the original film version and having watched that several times.

The book was very good, as I recall. In it, I discovered Mattie Ross ended up losing her injured arm. In addition, the Glen Campbell character lived as opposed to dying in the John Wayne film. At least that's the way I remember it.