This story of danger and adventure in the old west became the basis for two award-winning films, the first starring John Wayne, in his only Oscar-winning role, as Marshall Rooster Cogburn, and the widely praised remake by the Coen brothers, starring Jeff Bridges. 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 fifty years. “Charles Portis had a wonderful talent-original, quirky, exciting.” -Larry McMurtryĬharles 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. “The dialogue in True Grit is exquisite.” -David Mamet “Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” - Boston Globe
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