In what I find the most accurate statement about Portis, the writer Roy Blount Jr. That’s not to say his books aren’t serious, just that he manages to find the humor in entirely plausible situations before breaking your heart. Portis is a master of satire, a comedic genius with an eye for detail. If slow and steady wins the race, give Charles Portis all the awards. On the Male American Authors Reclusivity Scale (which is something I just made up) he slightly edges out Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry, and falls in behind Thomas Pynchon. He is best known for his novel True Grit (1968), arguably the greatest western ever written, which was adapted as a film in both 19. Portis has served as the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune and a writer for The New Yorker. He served during the Korean War, and after his discharge, he went back to school and received a degree in journalism. His writing career began in college when he worked as a reporter before enlisting in the Marines. And even though he and I never met, I will miss him immensely.Ĭharles Portis was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, in 1933. Portis was not prolific, but his work was exceptional. He was, in my opinion, one of the greatest authors to ever live. Portis, 86, passed away on Monday, February 17. In honor of the memory of Charles Portis, we are running my Reading Pathway as it ran in Book Riot’s Start Here, Vol.
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