McMurtry's Typewriter by Alan Nafzger - HTML preview

AUTHOR’S NOTE

I need to apologize to my alma mater, Midwestern State University. The school’s museum is top of the line and actually impregnable. This book is fiction and a criminal would have to be an idiot to try anything outlined in this story and should not try.  I might add that I received an absolutely phenomenal education.  James King, Tom Hoffman and Arthur Beyer and others impacted thousands of others, not just myself. I’m certain.

And, I apologize to the Hotter Than Hell 100 bicycle race. I rode in one of the early races and things have really grown. The security surrounding the events is outstanding and I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to disrupt the race.  

I would have never mentioned these two institutions in the context of crime, but without the college and the race, I was left with a considerably diminished story. I appreciate your understanding and support for the arts..  I will send as many of you free copies as the publisher can afford to give me. 

I want to thank William Dale Jennings, who encouraged me and persuaded me more than thirty years ago to stop writing about sorority girls and to get out there and find some flawed people to write about. 

And, I owe a great debt to John Grisham who persuaded me to forgo law school and study political science instead. He saved me a great deal of time and money. I found irritating Bolsheviks far more interesting than defending shoplifters and addicts. 

Finally, I want to thank Larry McMurtry; without his magnanimity and good humor this work would not be possible. Mr. McMurtry has been a friend and mentor since my youth and I’m ashamed to say I’ve only been able to grasp only a tiny fraction of his fine example. I’m sorry, sir; I tried to slow down and do only ten pages a day, but the desire to be done just eats me up. Don’t give up on me. The next time, I’ll work more slowly.

My apologies to Rex Tillerson, a great Secretary of State, who does NOT live in Tanglewood. And Tanglewood, what can I say? If I can sell enough of this book, I’ll be your neighbor.

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