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Larry Jeff McMurtry ( born June 3 , 1936 ) is an American novelist , essayist , bookseller , and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas . Lonesome Dove (miniseries) . It is a four-part adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series .