CHARLES PORTIS lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker.
"An epic and a legend."--Washington Post
"Charles Portis is an original, indescribable sui generis talent .
. . Rereading Portis is one of the great pure pleasures--both
visceral and cerebral--available in modern American
literature."--Ron Rosenbaum, Esquire
"Charles Portis's True Grit captures the naive elegance of the
American Voice."--Jonathan Lethem
"Charles Portis's True Grit is a masterpiece."--Anthony Bourdain,
New York Times Book Review
"How to describe the indescribable? Probably the best description I
can give of True Grit is that I've never given it to any reader --
male or female, of any age or sensibility -- who didn't enjoy it."
--Donna Tartt, New York Times Book Review
"I've always thought Charles Portis had a wonderful
talent--original, quirky, exciting."--Larry McMurtry
"It's possible that True Grit is the genuine article--a book so
strong that it reads as myth."--Ed Park, The Believer
"Quite simply, an American masterpiece."--Boston Globe
"Rollicking . . . a beaut narrated in the unforgettable voice of
Mattie Ross . . . Portis has crazy-cool literary
swagger."--Entertainment Weekly
"Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force."--New York Times
Book Review
"The dialogue in True Grit is exquisite."--David Mamet, The Week
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