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True Grit
By Charles Portis.
Filmed as True Grit
(1969), directed by Henry Hathaway.
Published by The Overlook Press.
First published 1968.
ISBN-10: 159020459X
ISBN-13: 9781590204597
Description:
“Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” – Boston Globe.
“Charles Portis had a wonderful talent—original, quirky,
exciting.” – Larry McMurtry.
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s
most enduring and incomparable literary voices, and his novels have left an
indelible mark on the American canon. True Grit, his most famous novel,
was first published in 1968, and has garnered critical acclaim as well as
enthusiastic praise from countless passionate fans for more than 50 years.
True Grit tells the story of
Mattie Ross, who is just 14 when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father in
Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash.
Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father’s blood, Mattie finds and,
after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest
available US Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off into Indian
Territory after the killer.
True Grit is essential reading.
Not just a classic Western, but an undeniable classic of American literature as
eccentric, cool, funny, and unflinching as Mattie Ross herself. For fans of
either the John Wayne classic or the Coen brothers’ movie, it’s a chance to
relive the story of Mattie and Rooster and experience their story as it was
originally told. For fans of taut, funny storytelling, it will be a joy to
experience in its original form.
This edition includes an afterword by
bestselling author Donna Tartt (The Secret History and The Goldfinch)
and a reading group guide.
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